Karen Waters Shipman

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Kean Miller LLP

Experience: 26 years

Construction Law, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Maritime Law and 2 others

Louisiana, New Jersey, New York and 5 others

Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, Women of Year award and 3 others

Awards 5

Experience 26y

Online & Web 6

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Karen Waters Shipman is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. Karen is an experienced litigator with particular experience in a wide variety of admiralty and oil & gas casualty issues, including Jones Act, personal injury, oil and gas exploration, well blowouts, cargo damage, vessel collisions, vessel damage, platform damage and barge damage. Her experience with oil and gas casualties is both offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and on land. Karen also has experience in construction law, consumer credit reporting, products liability, and general personal injury litigation. Following law school, she served for one year as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Fredericka H. Wicker of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson.

Karen was selected by New Orleans CityBusiness as a 2011 Leadership in Law Award recipient, and as a 2012 recipient of the Women of Year award. She was selected for inclusion into the 2013 edition of the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. Karen is listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers 2018 - 2019.

Karen earned her B.A. in Anthropology and Human and Natural Ecology from Emory University in 1993. She earned her J.D., cum laude, with a Certificate of Specialization in Admiralty Law from Tulane University Law School in 1998.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Louisiana

Since 2001

New Jersey

Since 1998

New York

Since 1999

5th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of Louisiana

United States District Courts for the Middle Districts of Louisiana

United States District Courts for the Western Districts of Louisiana

Professional Experience

2006 - Current

Kean Miller LLP

Partner

2000 - 2006

Lemle & Kelleher, LLP

Attorney

1999 - 2000

24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana

Law Clerk

Education

1998

Tulane University School of Law

J.D. | Law

Honors: cum laude, Certificate of Specialization in Admiralty Law.

1993

Emory University

B.A. | Anthropology and Human and Natural Ecology

Awards

year - Karen Waters Shipman

Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers

Martindale-Hubbell

year - Karen Waters Shipman

Women of Year award

New Orleans CityBusiness

year - Karen Waters Shipman

Leadership in Law Award

New Orleans CityBusiness

Karen Waters Shipman

AV Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

Contacts

Kean Miller LLP 909 Poydras Street, Suite 3600 New Orleans LA 70112 Telephone: (504) 620-3340 Fax: (504) 585-3051

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Experience: 26 years

Website: Open

Phone: (504) 620-3340

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Construction Law

Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Energy, Oil & Gas Law

Utilities

Maritime Law

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

Languages

English

Certifications

1998

Certificate of Specialization in Admiralty Law

Tulane University Law School

Websites

Karen Waters Shipman's Website Profile

Kean Miller LLP Website

Louisiana Law Blog

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