Karen A. Kishbaugh
Kishbaugh Law Firm, LLC
Karen Kishbaugh, Esq., partners with business owners and in-house legal teams to provide high-performing corporate contracts and outsourced legal services that reduce risk and improve business operations with services tailored for each individual business. She strives to understand and support her client's business goals and objectives, is able to quickly identify the risks and benefits of available options, and develops and implement innovative and practical solutions. and providing strategic advice for day to day operations and project development. After receiving her geology degree at Penn State, Karen and her German Shepherd Dog moved to Colorado where she received her law degree from the University of Denver College of Law. Starting her career as a Colorado Assistant Attorney General, she negotiated innovative consent decrees to clean up large mines under CERCLA and the Clean Water Act, and to address pollution from oil refining. She led large stakeholder groups that included representatives from industry, government and environmental groups, to develop complex regulations. During that time, she served as an Adjunct Professor at the Colorado School of Mines, where she designed the curriculum to teach Regulatory Analysis and Environmental Permitting. Karen is an active member of the Colorado Bar Association (“CBA”) where she currently serves on the Executive Council of its Business Law Section, CBA Solo and Small Firm Section (Past Chair of the Executive Council), Denver Bar Association, Colorado Women's Bar Association, Senior Women's Corporate Counsel, WOLF (Women Owned Law Firms), Women's Energy Network, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, and Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy. She has authored several articles regarding the practice of law for The Docket, a publication of the Denver Bar Association. She still loves living in Denver, where she spends much of her spare time hiking with her husband and dog, snowshoeing, gardening, and enjoying the art museums, galleries and music and theater venues.
(06/22)
