Karen T. Grisez is a member of the Litigation Department and is resident in Fried Frank's Washington, DC office. She joined the firm in 1990 and became Public Service Counsel in 1996.
In her role as Public Service Counsel, Karen manages the intake and placement of pro bono matters, acts as liaison to national and local bar associations and legal services providers and provides substantive advice and assistance to other attorneys who are working on pro bono cases. She has experience with issues of political asylum and other immigration matters, veterans' benefits, family law, landlord/tenant law and general civil litigation.
Karen was named to the 2020 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll with High Honors, which recognizes attorneys who contributed at least 100 hours of pro bono service in the calendar year. She has received this recognition annually since the inception of the award in 2011.
Karen also received the Courageous Luminary Award from the National Immigrant Law Center in 2011, a Pro...
Karen T. Grisez is a member of the Litigation Department and is resident in Fried Frank's Washington, DC office. She joined the firm in 1990 and became Public Service Counsel in 1996.
In her role as Public Service Counsel, Karen manages the intake and placement of pro bono matters, acts as liaison to national and local bar associations and legal services providers and provides substantive advice and assistance to other attorneys who are working on pro bono cases. She has experience with issues of political asylum and other immigration matters, veterans' benefits, family law, landlord/tenant law and general civil litigation.
Karen was named to the 2020 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll with High Honors, which recognizes attorneys who contributed at least 100 hours of pro bono service in the calendar year. She has received this recognition annually since the inception of the award in 2011.
Karen also received the Courageous Luminary Award from the National Immigrant Law Center in 2011, a Pro Bono Champion award from the Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) in Harlingen, TX on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary Celebration in 2014, the Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Washington, DC Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for her work as Chair of its Pro Bono Committee in 2015-16, and the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in the practice of immigration law from AILA National in 2016.
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Fried Frank Attorneys Mentioned in ABA Commission on Immigration’s Generating Justice Blog⟶Media mentions |
Fried Frank Attorneys Featured in the ABA Commission on Immigration’s Pro Bono Success Stories⟶Webinars |
Improve Your Appeal to the BIA⟶Speaking engagements |
For the Rule of Law, An Independent Immigration Court⟶Speaking engagements |
Pro Bono Best Practices⟶Speaking engagements |
Ethical Issues and Immigration Law⟶Speaking engagements |
Court Appearances and Practice⟶Speaking engagements |
The Fight to Preserve Safe Haven in the United States⟶Speaking engagements |
Annual Academic & Policy Symposium on Forced Migration, Protection, and Border Control⟶Speaking engagements |
Resistance Lawyering: Fighting for Immigrant Communities and the Rule of Law⟶Speaking engagements |
Business Law Section Annual Meeting⟶Speaking engagements |
Commission on Immigration’s Annual Business Meeting ⟶Looking for a professional? Try our advanced professionals search⟶
