Professional Activities
Member, State Bar of Arizona
Member, Ballard Spahr's Diversity and Inclusion Council
Member, Ballard Spahr's Elected Board
Member, Ballard Spahr's Committee on Expansion of the Business and Finance Department
Recognition & Accomplishments
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, corporate/M&A law, highest ranking (band one), 2003-2019
Chambers USA: Women in Law Awards 2013, Finalist, Corporate/M&A Lawyer of the Year
The Legal 500 US, mergers and acquisitions – middle-market (sub-$500m), 2012-2019
The Best Lawyers in America, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, securities regulation, and securities/capital markets law, 2003-2019; international mergers and acquisitions, 2018-2019
Recognized in AzBusiness Leaders magazine under Mergers and Acquisitions, 2019
Named to the Top 100 Lawyers, Arizona Business magazine, March-April 2015
Named Best Lawyers' 2017, 2015, and 2012 Phoenix Corporate Lawyer of the Year
Named Best Lawyers' 2018, 2016 and 2014 Phoenix Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year
Named Best Lawyers' 2019 Phoenix Securities/Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Named a "Southwest Super Lawyer" for excellence in Mergers and Acquisitions, 2007-2017
Business Journal of Phoenix, 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Award recipient
Business Journal of Phoenix, frequent recipient, "Best of the Bar" designation, securities/M&A law
Phoenix Magazine, frequent recipient, "Best Lawyers in Arizona" designation, corporate, M&A, and securities law
Lawdragon,listed among "500 Leading Dealmakers in America"
Profiled by Law360 in its July 17, 2013, edition, in an article titled "Rainmaker Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Karen McConnell."
Community Activities
Court Appointed Special Advocate for Foster Children
Board Memberships
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