Karen M. Gilmartin

Partner

Biography

Karen Gilmartin is a Partner and Business Unit Leader at Kelley Kronenberg and has been with the firm for over 35 years. She concentrates her practice exclusively on workers’ compensation defense and subrogation. She focuses her practice on the defense of workers’ compensation claims on behalf of employers, insurance carriers, self-insured corporations, third-party administrators, and claims servicing agencies.

For twenty years, Karen has been consistently peer review-rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, which signifies that she has reached the heights of professional excellence in legal ability and ethical standards. She was elected for inclusion in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity. Karen has been inducted into the Workers’ Compensation Hall of Fame, a distinct group of individuals from Florida, who have had a substantial impact in the field of workers’ compensation throughout their careers.

Karen is certified by the state of Florida to provide Continuing Education courses for insurance carriers and regularly presents seminars on a wide variety of general legal matters.

Education

University of Miami School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1986
University of Miami, B.A., cum laude, 1983

Admissions

Florida

Practice Areas

Awards

Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent ™
South Florida Legal Guide, “Top Lawyers,” 2011, 2014 – 2021
Florida Workers’ Compensation Institute (FWCI), Hall of Fame, 2015
America’s Most Honored Professionals, Top 5%, 2015
South Florida’s Top AV Rated Lawyers, 2015
Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers

Associations

The Florida Bar, Member
- Workers’ Compensation Section, Executive Councilmember
- Workers’ Compensation Trial Advocacy Workshops, Faculty Member
- Workers’ Compensation Rules Committee, Former Member
American Inns of Court, Member
The Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), Member
Richard A. Sicking Inn of Court, Member

Speaking Engagements

“Misrepresentation Defenses: The Practical and Legal Considerations,” May 2024
WCCP Forum, 2018 – 2019, 2021 – 2023
Top Ten Workers’ Compensation Cases of 2020 Webinar, August, 2020
Workers’ Comp… 20/20 Vision, June 2020
FL Heart/Lung Bill – Evaluating exposure and managing the presumption of
compensability, November 2017
FL WC Deadlines and Time Frames, October 2017
Law and Ethics Update, July 2017
Case Law Update, June 2016
Medicare, April 2016
Latest on Workers’ Compensation Case Law, November 2015
Return to Work, November 2015
Workers’ Compensation Updates, October 2015
Depositions, April 2015
Adjuster Ethics, March 2015
“5 HR Law & Ethics Update,” July 2014
New Workers’ Compensation Law Short Form, March 2013
“Some Do’s and Don’ts – A Bench Perspective”, March 2013
Ethics in Claims Management, July 2013
Hot Topics, 68th Workers’ Compensation Education Conference, August 2013
Workers’ Compensation Subrogation, August 2013
Adjusters Ethics, June 2012
Hot Topics, 67th Workers’ Compensation Education Conference, August 2012
Adjusters Ethics, August 2012
Legal Liability, December 2012
Adjusters Ethics, June 2011
2010-2011 Case Law and Convention Update, August 2011
Employee/Employer Relationship, Reducing Risk in Hiring, The Interplay, Deposition Do’s and Don’ts, April 2010
Case Law Update, Final Hearings, Appeals, June 2010
Depositions Do’s and Don’ts, November 2010