Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation
Christina Karam represents individuals and entities in commercial and enforcement matters, including criminal litigation. An experienced civil litigator, Ms. Karam has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of cases, including contract disputes, employment discrimination, legal malpractice, and alleged violations of securities, RICO, and state laws. A former federal court law clerk, Ms. Karam is called on regularly to brief and argue motions and appeals in federal and state courts.
Among her notable engagements at the Firm, Ms. Karam was part of a trial team that defended a former credit union executive on bribery, gratuity, and conspiracy charges in the Southern District of New York, achieving acquittal on the bribery and conspiracy charges. Ms. Karam was also appointed by the Eleventh Circuit as pro bono amicus counsel to defend on appeal a district court judgment imposing sanctions on a state attorney general’s office in connection with misrepresentations in death-penalty litigation.
Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Karam clerked for the Honorable James C. Dever III of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the Honorable Ed Carnes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Ms. Karam also worked as a senior litigation and enforcement associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
Ms. Karam graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 2010. She earned her law degree, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, in 2013 from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she served as the Chief Managing Editor of the Ohio State Law Journal.
Ms. Karam is admitted to practice in New York and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
