Karen L Mitchell

-Started a small mass tort law firm from scratch, incorporated it in DC where the Bar allows non-attorney partners.

-Grew the firm to a peak of 8 employees

-Trained and supervised all of the paralegals

-Oversaw firm's day-to-day administrative operations

-Settled 18 Trans-vaginal mesh cases and 22 Xarelto cases for approximately $1.9 Million in legal fees

-Current docket of IVC, Taxotere, and Ovarian Cancer/Talc cases has projected legal fees of $2 million to $4 million

-Started an enterprise that was "before its time."

-Hired and supervised 4 employees who picked up food at restaurants or laundry at a dry cleaner and delivered it to people's homes

-Responsible for oversight of the budgeting, accounting, cash flow analyses, human resources and purchasing of insurance for a non-profit organization with an annual budget of $1.7 million

-Assisted with grant-writing, especially with respect to the budgeting

-Managed a program to train and place low-income women in blue-collar union jobs;

-Supervised 5 staff people

-Served as liaison to the unions

-Worked under Associate Published to improve advertising sales

-Managed special events for the ad sales department

-Published material to support the department