Karen is a highly experienced advocate who takes a principled but pragmatic approach to securing the right outcome for her clients.

She has a wide-ranging civil litigation and public law practice, with particular expertise at the interface of Crown and Māori relations – constitutional law, judicial review, equity, indigenous rights, and Treaty of Waitangi law.

Karen has appeared as counsel before all levels of the New Zealand courts and in specialist jurisdictions such as the Waitangi Tribunal.