Karen C. McConnell is a member of both the firm's Elected Board and Expanded Board. Karen is known for her work in the areas of corporate law and securities law, with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and private equity investment transactions. She has closed over 400 transactions for buyers and sellers in her career.
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
Karen currently serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Professional Activities
Member, State Bar of Arizona
Member, Ballard Spahr's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
Recognition & Accomplishments
Chambers USA, corporate/M&A law, highest ranking (band one), 2003-2023
The Legal 500 US, mergers and acquisitions – middle-market (sub-$500m), 2012-2021
The Best Lawyers in America, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, securities regulation, and securities/capital markets law, 2003-2023; international mergers and acquisitions, 2018-2021, 2023; "Lawyer of the Year," Corporate Law (Phoenix), 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2021, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Phoenix), 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2023, and Securities/Capital Markets Law (Phoenix), 2019, 2022
Board Memberships & Community Service
Member of the Board of Trustees, Chair of the Board Development Committee, Member of the Finance and Investment Committee and the Audit Committee, Barrow Neurological Foundation
Credentials
Education
University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984)
Note Editor, Notre Dame Law Review
Ohio University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1981)
Admissions
Arizona