Karen Ibach Bowden
Attorney
Education
Tulane University, BA
University of Florida Levin College of Law, JD
Karen is an experienced transactional lawyer and litigator who provides strategic, business-oriented, and proactive legal advice and support to her clients. Karen has practiced law for over twenty-five years in a wide range of areas, including employment law, litigation, health care, real estate, contracts, business, and commercial lending. Prior to joining ABL Law, Karen was a shareholder of a large regional law firm, senior counsel of a Jacksonville civil litigation firm, and associate general counsel for a national non-profit health care organization.
The oldest of five children, Karen grew up in Jacksonville and is a graduate of The Bolles School. She attended Smith College, graduated cum laude from Tulane University, and then earned her law degree, with honors, from the University of Florida.
Karen currently is Chair of the Board of Directors of Rethreaded, Inc., a nonprofit organization that employs human trafficking survivors and provides time, space, and support for their healing through a holistic program, counseling and community. In her free time, Karen enjoys traveling, walking on the beach, reading, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.
Karen leads our General Counsel Services program and provides general counsel services to clients on a wide range of matters that include employment law and personnel issues, business formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, real estate, compliance, risk management, and general business advice.
Areas of Specialty
General Counsel Services
Employment Law
Business Start-Ups and Capitalization
Business Sales and Acquisitions
Contract Negotiations
Real Estate Transactions (Sales, Acquisitions and Leases)
Commercial Litigation
Career and Community Highlights
AV Preeminent Rating - Martindale-Hubbel
Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School Executive Education (Summer 2014)
Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Circuit Mediator (2011 - 2016)
Elder, Deacon, and Stephen Minister, Palms Presbyterian Church
Board of Directors of Rethreaded, Inc.