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TAFT ALUMNI TRUSTEE |
Karen L. Stevenson '75
Karen Stevenson was among the first group of girls admitted to Taft. Originally from Washington, D.C., during her four years at Taft, she ran track, served as a dorm and school monitor, sang in Glee Club and was a member of the Cum Laude Society. After Taft, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead Scholar, captained the women's varsity track and field team, was a member of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in history. In 1979, Karen was elected a Rhodes Scholar and attended Magdalen College at Oxford University, where she earned an MA in modern European history.
A graduate of Stanford Law School, Karen is senior counsel with Buchalter Nemer, a law firm in Los Angeles, California, where she specializes in complex commercial litigation. A member of the Board of Governors for the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Karen has been selected three times for inclusion in Los Angeles magazine's Southern California Super Lawyers‹Rising Stars Edition. She is a trustee of St. James Episcopal Day School and enjoys mentoring women law students who seek to balance family and career.
Karen lives with her twin sons, Keenan and Brennan. Her favorite pastimes include hiking in Yosemite, lazy beach trips and skiing in the Sierras with her family.
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