Karen Bettcher

Associate

Karen Bettcher is an associate at Clausen Miller P.C.  Her work primarily focuses on litigation, particularly in the areas of medical malpractice and professional liability defense. 

Ms. Bettcher received her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School, where she graduated cum laude.  Ms. Bettcher was the Managing Editor of The John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, Associate Justice of the Moot Court Executive Board and an octofinalist in the national Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition.  She authored The Patent Reform Act's Proposed First-to-File Standard:  Needed Reform or Constitutional Blunder?, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 129 (2006).  Ms. Bettcher earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science at Miami University.

Prior to joining Clausen Miller P.C., Ms. Bettcher served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Paul D. Stickney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Texas.

Education

  • J.D. The John Marshall Law School, cum laude, 2007
  • B.A. Miami University, 2004

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Court Admissions

  • United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2008

Organization Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association