KAREN K. RUSSO
KAREN K. RUSSO was born in Newport, Rhode Island on April 14, 1998. She was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar in 2023.
Education //
University of Miami (B.A., 2019); Roger Williams University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2023); Roger Williams University School of Law (Honors Program certificate, 2023).
Professional Experience //
Since joining the firm as an associate in 2023, Karen has concentrated her practice on a broad range of civil litigation matters, with a focus on medical negligence defense. Before being admitted to the Rhode Island Bar in November of 2023, she worked as an intern at Gidley, Sarli & Marusak during her last semester of law school. Throughout law school, Karen was a judicial intern for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, a legal intern in the strategic litigation program at Conservation Law Foundation and a legal extern for the Aviation, Space & Admiralty Litigation Section of the Torts Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Membership and Civic Appointments //
Rhode Island Bar Association, Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association.