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Karen D. Fultz, Member kfultz@cozen.com |
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Mailing Address:
Suite 2200, SunTrust Plaza303 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
United States
Karen D. Fultz joined the firm's Atlanta office in July 2002 and practices with the Insurance Department. She focuses her practice on subrogation and recovery. Prior to joining the firm, Karen was an associate with Lackland and Associates in Atlanta. She also served as a judicial intern for the Hon. Denise Page Hood of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Karen is admitted to practice in Georgia and Tennessee. However, her cases span over the Southeast region of the country. She has been admitted Pro Hac Vice in Federal and State Courts located in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee. As a member of the subrogation and recovery department she handles product liability cases ranging from $100,000 to over $1,000,000.00 involving product failures which result in fire and/or water losses. Her practice also includes family law matters such as divorce, child custody, family adoptions, and child support. She is the coordinator for the Atlanta office’s pro bono program and provides legal assistance for the underprivileged and unrepresented community in the state of Georgia in partnership with Georgia Legal Services and the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation. The pro bono cases extend her practice into defending victims of family violence, landlord/tenant and debt collection matters. She also serves as a member of the firm’s diversity committee.
She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia’s Insurance Law Section, and its Young Lawyers Division. She served as the President of the Gate City Bar Association (2005), and continues to serve as a member. She is also a member of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, the Atlanta Bar Association and a member of the American and National bar associations. Karen was selected for inclusion in the eighth edition of Who's Who In Black Atlanta.
She is the author of the article “Workers' Compensation Recovery Issues - Conflicts of Law in Georgia: Can You Intervene to Protect a Foreign State's Lien?” which was published in the Subrogator (1/11/2006). She has made presentations on topics such as Motor Carrier/Cargo Claims, Taking Your First Deposition, and Workers’ Compensation Subrogation claims.
Karen received her bachelor of arts degree from Michigan State University in 1993 and her law degree in 1998 from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, cum laude, where she served on Moot Court.