Lancaster
717.399.6653
610.371.7744  fax
kem@stevenslee.com

Karen, "Missy," focuses her practice on the defense of professional liability claims. She has significant arbitration, mediation, jury trial and appellate experience, and represents physicians, hospitals and other health care providers involved in litigation.

In addition to her litigation work, Missy lectures on risk management, issues of patient involvement and accountability and informed consent issues in both the private practice and acute care hospital settings.

Missy was a law clerk for Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Judge D. Richard Eckman. She has been recognized in Philadelphia magazine in 2005 and 2006 as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star.

Education:
University of Pittsburgh School of Law,  J.D., 1996
University of Pittsburgh, M.A., 1996
Wellesley College, B.A., 1991

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Representative Speaking Engagements:

• "Defensive Documentation." Co-presenter. Masonic Villages of Pennsylvania, April 2007.
• "Litigation Issues." Lorman Education Services on medical records law in Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg, PA, August 2006.
• "A Statutory Tour Through The Peer Review Protection Act, MCARE Act and the Patient Quality Improvement Act of 2005." Lancaster Regional Medical Center, October 2005.
• "Avoiding Lawsuits and Facing the Ones You Cannot Avoid: Documentation, Event Review, Deposition and Trial Testimony." Co-presenter. The Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, May 2005.
• "An Overview of Pennsylvania Law as it Relates to HMA Medical Malpractice." Co-presenter. January 2005.

Selected Publications:
Minehan, The Public Policy Exception to the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Necessary or Nemesis?, 18 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. J. 795 (1996).

Professional and Civic Affiliations:
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Lancaster Bar Association
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania, Co-leader
Southeastern Pennsylvania Wellesley Club, Member; Past-President, Past-Vice President