Kara Janssen

Position: Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
Board of Directors, Past Fellows

Kara J. Janssen is a partner at Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP.  She works on complex litigation and prelitigation matters in federal and state court, with an emphasis on structured negotiations, class action litigation, constitutional and civil rights law, and disability rights.

Prior to joining RBGG Ms. Janssen was a Staff Attorney with Disability Rights Legal Center and with Disability Rights Advocates, both national non-profit legal centers, where she was lead attorney on multiple individual and class action matters on behalf of people with disabilities. She is a frequent speaker on legal issues relating to the criminal justice system and the rights of people with disabilities. Ms. Janssen serves on the Board of Directors of Disability Rights Advocates, and is also a board member of Eat Breathe Thrive, an international nonprofit working to prevent and help people recover from eating disorders.

Ms. Janssen received a J.D.  from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern scholar, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from University of Arizona. During law school, she interned at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.C. and at the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Unit in New York City.