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Karen O’Keeffe is a partner at Gowlings’ Calgary office, practising in the area of general litigation and securities defence work, with an emphasis on medical defence, and insurance and commercial litigation.

Karen has a broad range of litigation experience including multi-party shareholder litigation, oil and gas litigation, class action litigation, professional liability and plaintiff medical malpractice and personal injury. Karen has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta, and has represented clients at the Human Rights and Citizenship Committee, the Alberta Securities Commission and the Council of the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons. While attending the University of Wales, Karen was selected to complete a mini pupillage at Gray’s Inn Chambers in London.

Karen currently serves on the Conduct Committee of the Law Society of Alberta. She was invited to be an instructor of the 2009 CPLED Chambers Advocacy Learning Exercise and was invited once again in 2012 as an evaluator.