Experience:
Board Certified in Probate and Estate Planning by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Practice Areas:
Estate Planning
Estate Administration
Asset Protection
Fiduciary Litigation
Business Organizations
Estate and Gift Tax
Texas Business Tax

Education:
1993 B.A. Warner Southern College, Lake Wales, Florida
1997 JD Temple University School of Law, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 MBA Temple University School of Business
1998 LLM Temple University School of Law

Published Works/Speaking Engagements:
"The Future of Family Limited Partnerships in Estate Planning," Presented to the American Women's Society of CPA's, February 4, 2006
"Choice of Business Entity in Texas," Houston Business and Tax Law Journal, Volume 4, 2004
"Choice of Business Entity in Texas," Presented at the 2003 Accounting Expo Sponsored by the TSCPA Foundation, April 22, 2003

Personal:
Married to Doug Bowen
Mother of two young children
From 1983 to 1987, Karen served in the US Navy as an air crewman and jet mechanic

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