Jefferson District Court Annette Karem Division 1

CURRICULUM VITAE

ENDORSEMENTS:

Citizens for Better Judges

United Automobile Workers, Local # 862

Fraternal Order of Police

EDUCATION & YEAR DEGREE EARNED:
Assumption High School, 1983
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Louisville, 1987 

Master of Business Administration, Bellarmine University, 1990

Juris Doctorate, U of L, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, 1995

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Sitlinger, McGlincy, Theiler & Karem - Of Counsel; October 2004 - Present 
 -Primarily handling Family Court cases, including divorces, EPO’s and adoptions

Jefferson County Attorney’s Office; November 1997 - October 2004 
 -Prosecuted Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and crimes against children

Christina Norris Law Office - Associate; June 1997-November 1997
 -Practiced General Litigation and Family Law

Williams & Wagoner Law Offices - Associate; October 1995 - May 1997
 -Practiced in Federal and State Court
    Concentrated in the areas of Civil Rights Law and Litigation defense

OTHER EMPLOYMENT:
ProLift Industrial Equipment Company; July 1991- August 1992
 - Marketing Manager

Allied Signal - Certified Brakes Division; June 1987- June 1991
 - Supervisor of Marketing Services
 - Marketing Administrator

BAR ADMISSIONS:
Kentucky Bar 1995
United States District Court, Western District Of  Kentucky, November 1995
United States District Court, Eastern District Of Kentucky, January 1996
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, Nov. 1995

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

Former member of Highland Community Ministries Steering Committee
Formerly served on Citizens Foster Care Review Board
Active Member St. Agnes Parish: Co-Chair of Parish Carnival from 2002-2004

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Volunteers legal services for The Center for Women and Families and Louisville Bar Association
Domestic Violence article published in The Record, November 24, 2005

Women’s Lawyers Association – Member, December ‘05

Louis D. Brandeis, American Inn of Court – Barrister

Louisville Bar Association – Member