Karen D. Frankenthal

Karen Frankenthal is an associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins. Karen represents companies in complex commercial litigation, mass arbitrations, class actions, and government actions. She brings critical thinking and a solution-oriented approach to her work through her skilled research, writing, and oral advocacy.

Karen maintains an active pro bono practice with a particular focus on protecting the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including through class action work. She is also committed to supporting her local community, and helped establish a Victim’s Fund for those impacted by the July 4, 2023 mass shooting in Highland Park, IL.

Active in firm leadership, Karen formerly served on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Karen also served on the firm’s Taskforce for Racial Justice and Equality, Multicultural Promotion and Attainment Coalition, and the Women’s Lawyer’s Group.

Karen joined the firm in 2017 after graduating from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she served as an executive editor of the Washington University Law Review. While in law school, Karen also spent a semester clerking for the late Justice Randy J. Holland on the Delaware Supreme Court.

In addition to her legal training at Wash U, Karen was a founding member and served as the chair of the Keshet Leadership Council, a not-for-profit organization that provides programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and was a member of the Equip for Equality Young Professionals Board.