More than 70 years of combined experience fighting for people in Jefferson City
Karen E. Bretz
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Practice Areas:
- Administrative & Government Law
- Litigation Matters
- Business Law
Biography
Karen Bretz handles administrative hearing and professional licensing cases at Grayson & Grayson. She has extensive experienced in administrative law matters for private and public clients at the state and local levels.
Before joining Grayson & Grayson, Karen worked in Staff Counsel’s Office for the Missouri Public Service Commission for nearly five years. Karen was born and raised in the St. Louis Metro East and received her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She graduated from law school at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where she was a member of the law review. After graduation from law school, Karen spent 23 years in Alaska, last working at an electric utility.
Her reported opinions include Anchorage Citizens for Taxi Reform v. Municipality of Anchorage, 151 P.3d 418 (Alaska 2006).
Education
- Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois
- J.D. - 1994
- Honors: Member of the Law Review
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- B.A. - 1991
- Major: Music History
- Goucher College
- Master of Arts, Historic Preservation - 2000
Bar Admission
- Missouri, 2018
- Alaska, 1999
- U.S. District Court District of Alaska
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Representative Cases
- Taxi Reform v. Municipality of Anchorage, 151 P.3d 418 (Alaska 2006).
Past Positions
- Worked in the Staff Counsel’s Office for the Missouri Public Service Commission for nearly five years.
Current Employment Position
- Associate Attorney