Karen S. Halbert
Member

Business Litigation, Intellectual Property

Ms. Halbert’s practice consists of a wide variety of complex business litigation and intellectual property with an emphasis on technology.  She is proficient with a variety of technologies associated with modern complex litigation including database management of documents and depositions, digital video testimony, and other electronic courtroom media.

Ms. Halbert has significant experience architecting and implementing complex e-discovery solutions.  She developed an e-discovery management solution for an industry that was sued by the City of New York.  The productions included databases and documents produced by the Federal Government, State of New York and the City of New York as well as data and documents available from the various members of the industry and other third parties.  The system designed by Ms. Halbert managed millions of electronic records from the various sources as well as millions of paper documents and the solution provided access to all relevant information contained in any of the various productions based on criteria such as product serial number or product manufacturer.

Her expertise includes managing e-discovery vendors, coordinating collection of electronic data with Information Technology Departments, determining how to best process electronic data, as well as production of clients’ electronic evidence and emails.

Ms. Halbert’s trial experience includes the highly publicized trial of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. AA Arms, Inc., et al., Case No. CV 99 3999 (E.D.N.Y., J. Weinstein).

Before entering law school, Ms. Halbert was Vice President of Development for an international software company where she was extensively involved in software development methodologies, database architecture, technology contract negotiations, and corporate management.
In April of 2008, Ms. Halbert was inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Computing.  The Academy operates within the University of Arkansas' College of Engineering's Computer Science and Computer Engineering Department and recognizes people who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of computing.  Members are graduates of Arkansas' educational institutions and/or performed a significant part of their work in the state of Arkansas.

Karen Halbert has been honored with two Golden Advocate Awards at the Annual Government Day of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (“JDRF”) in Washington DC.
She received the At Home on the Hill award in 2007 and the Messenger award in 2009 for her tireless work in lobbying Congress to provide more funding for research to find a cure for Juvenile Diabetes.  Ms. Halbert is currently president-elect of the Board of Directors for the JDRF Greater Arkansas Chapter and served as the chapter’s government relations liaison from July 2004 until July 2009.

Education

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (J.D., with high honors, first in class, 2001)

Henderson State University (B. S., Computer Science and Math, magna cum laude, 1982).

Associations and Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, and Pulaski County Bar Association; Member, William R. Overton Inn of Court

Charitable Organizations

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Greater Arkansas Chapter, Board of Directors - Government Relations Legislative Chair (2002 – 2009), President Elect (2009 - 2010); Little Rock First Baptist Church, Finance Committee (2003 – 2005)

Awards

Arkansas Bar Association Presidential Award of Excellence, 2003
National Association of Women Business Owners Women Pioneer Award, 2006.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Golden Advocate Award At Home on the Hill, 2007.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Golden Advocate Award Messenger Award, 2009.