Karoline E. Jackson serves as the firm's General Counsel. Kari advises firm management and attorneys on a wide variety of legal and ethical issues, including risk management, loss prevention, conflicts, compliance and professional responsibility matters.  

Kari brings more than two decades of experience as a trusted advisor and relentless advocate in complex commercial litigation matters to her role as General Counsel.

Experience
  • A Barnes & Thornburg attorney represented an educational institution in a multiple plaintiff federal lawsuit, obtaining an order compelling arbitration of claims over a challenge that the arbitration clauses were not executed and unenforceable.
  • A Barnes & Thornburg attorney represents and counsels real estate brokerages and other settlement service providers regarding the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act (RESPA), disputes with the Department of Housing Development and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, compliance matters, internal investigations, antitrust, consumer protection, consumer fees and charges and copyright protection.
Credentials

Education

  • Ball State University, B.A., 1995, summa cum laude
  • Indiana University-Bloomington, J.D., 1998, magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Indiana

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
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