Before entering private practice, Kari clerked for the Honorable Jeremy Fogel, U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California and the Honorable Sidney Thomas, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

EDUCATION

• Columbia Law School
Columbia Law Review, Essay and Review Editor

• Swarthmore College

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Member, State Bar of California
• Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
• Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit
• Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
• Admitted, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• Admitted, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• Admitted, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Member, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• Panelist, First District Appellate Project
• Panelist, Central California Appellate Program
• Panelist, California Appellate Program
• Panelist, Appellate Defenders, Inc.
• CJA Appeals Panel, U.S. District Court, N. Dist. of Cal.
• Panelist, Pro Bono Program, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

RECENT LECTURES

Kari has given lectures on legal issues at law schools, conferences, colleges, and community groups in Montana, Oregon, California, and Minnesota. The most recent lectures include:

• March 17, 2010, Los Angeles, California, Southern California AILA Chapter Meeting, Panelist, "Ninth Circuit Update"

• February 2009, Seattle, Washington, AILA Northwest Regional Immigration Law Conference, "Developments in Asylum Law," Co-panelist

• January 22, 2009, University of California, San Diego, Speaker, "For the Bible Tells Me So:  A Legal History of Religion and the Institution of Marriage"

• July 10, 2008, American Council on International Personnel, "Crimes & Misdemeanors--Their Impact on Your Employee's Immigration Status," Co-panelist

• June 25, 2008, Vancouver, Canada, AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law, Panelist

• November 10, 2007, San Diego, CA, 20th Annual AILA California Chapters Conference, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Panelist, AILF Litigation Panel: Litigation Strategies and Practice Tips

• November 8, 2007, Lewis and Clark Law School, Speaker, What's The Matter With Same-Sex Marriage: Examining Fact and Fiction In the Contemporary Marriage Debate

• October 17, 2007, San Francisco, CA, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Speaker, Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions: An Overview of the Basics

• August 30, 2007, Portland, Oregon, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Speaker, Practicing In the Ninth Circuit: Overview Of Rules and Procedures Related to Immigration Cases

• June 15, 2007, Orlando, Florida AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law Panelist, Cutting Edge Asylum: Defining Social Groups

• April 17, 2007, San Francisco, CA, American Immigration Lawyers Association Panelist, Practicing In the Ninth Circuit: Overview Of Rules and Procedures Related to Immigration Cases

• November 2, 2006, University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Montana Speaker, What's The Matter With Same-Sex Marriage: Examining Fact and Fiction In the Contemporary Marriage Debate

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• University of San Francisco School of Law Adjunct Professor

SCHOLARSHIP

• Kari has had articles published in the California Western Law Review and the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Kari's scholarship has been cited by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Lewis v. Harris, 188 N.J. 415 (2006) and by the Texas State Bar.