Karen L. Mergenthaler’s practice focuses primarily on transportation litigation in the defense of wrongful death and serious personal injury lawsuits and claims.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Montgomery Bar Association
- Montgomery Bar Trial Lawyers Association
- Montgomery Bar Women in the Law Committee
- Board of Directors, Montgomery Bar Association, Past Member
- Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, Montgomery Bar Association, Past Chair & Co-Chair
- Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF), Past Member
- Pennsylvania Association for Healthcare Risk Management (PAHCRM), Past Member
- Williard O’Brien American Inn of Court, Villanova University School of Law, Past Member
Community Involvement
- Montgomery Child Advocacy Project, Child Advocate
- The Parkway Run & Walk, Past Participant & Fundraiser
- Pediatric Cancer Research at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Unite For Her, Past Participant & Fundraiser
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Past Fundraiser
- Variety the Children’s Charity of the Delaware Valley, Past Fundraiser
- Cambridge Homeowner’s Association, President & Past Board Member
Education
- J.D., Villanova University, 2001
- B.A., Labor Relations and French, Pennsylvania State University
- Multiple Major Degree
- Minor, International Relations
- Study Abroad Program in Paris, France at École de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris, 1998
Honors
- Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2013-2016
- Williard O’Brien American Inn of Court, Villanova University School of Law, Certificate of Meritorious Service, 2001
- Golden Key National Honor Society, 1998
- Outstanding Witness Award, All American Honors Trial, American Mock Trial Association, 1995
- National Honors Society, 1993