KAREN E. EATON

AREAS OF INTEREST: PUBLIC POLICY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

Education:

Juris Doctor, magna cum laude (2004)

Western New England College School of Law

Class Rank: 4/127

Honors/Activities:     Law Review: Senior Note Editor (2003-2004), Staff (2002-2003) ▪ Legal Research and Writing Best Brief Award (2001-2002) ▪ Dean’s List ▪ Academic Scholarship Recipient ▪ Catherine Bean Street Scholarship Recipient (2003)

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and Economics, summa cum laude (1998)

Gordon College

Honors/Activities:     Honors Thesis in Economics ▪ Social Science Achievement and Leadership Award ▪ Dean’s List ▪ Academic Scholarship Recipient

Relevant Academic Research: Law Review Note summarizing and evaluating law regarding forcible medication of criminal defendants ▪ Senior Honors Thesis in Economics on welfare reform, comparing skills needed for entry-level hospital jobs to average skills possessed by welfare recipients ▪ Undergraduate research projects on poverty-related topics

Experience:

Private Practice Law Firm

Associate (2005-2006)

▪ Provided legal services to private clients in areas of estate planning, probate, real estate and business law ▪ Played key role in day-to-day management of federal litigation case involving alleged fiduciary breaches by corporate trustee and conservator

Superior Court of Massachusetts

Law Clerk to the Justices (2004-2005)

▪ Identified and analyzed legal issues and arguments ▪ Researched statutes, regulations and court decisions relevant to identified legal issues ▪ Prepared draft judicial opinions and legal memoranda providing technical analysis and proposed resolution to identified legal issues ▪ Assisted Justices in all phases of civil and criminal litigation

Private Practice Law Firm

Law Clerk (2003-2004)

▪ Assisted attorneys by providing analysis and legal research of various legal problems ▪ Wrote objective and persuasive analyses of legal issues and summaries of relevant law in internal memoranda and in legal documents submitted to courts and government administrative agencies

Massachusetts Department of Social Services

Social Worker (1998-2000)

▪ Implemented state statutes and regulations regarding child abuse and neglect by providing case management services to children and families ▪ Created plans outlining provision of social services to families and monitored progress of families toward plan goals ▪ Reported on progress of families toward plan goals through ongoing agency documentation and written reports submitted to juvenile court

Mass. House of Representatives

Intern (1997)

▪ Researched and compiled data sets and budget appropriation history related to state funding of “additional assistance” appropriation for public school systems ▪ Prepared written report of findings summarizing research

Bar Admissions:

Admitted to practice in Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2004) ▪ United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2006) ▪ State of Connecticut (2006)

Affiliations/Activities:

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association and Hampden County Bar Association