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Karen Speiser Sanner, J.D.

Professor

Courses Taught

Legal 浪花直播 & Writing I and II, Electronic Discovery, Evidence & Advocacy, Moot Court I, Pre-Trial Civil Litigation Drafting, Insurance Law in Litigation Practice, Trial Advocacy

Education

B.S./B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1991
J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1994

Karen Speiser Sanner is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law where she was the lead articles editor of the Journal of Dispute Resolution. While in law school, Sanner completed internships with Judge John C. Holstein of the Missouri Supreme Court and the Missouri Attorney General鈥檚 Office under former Attorney General and current Missouri Governor Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon.

Practice Areas

  • Appellate Practice
  • Electronic Discovery/Legal Technology
  • Insurance Law
  • Legal 浪花直播 & Writing
  • Trial Practice
  • Workers Compensation Law

Community Work and Service

Following her graduation in 1994, Sanner worked as an assistant attorney general for the State of Missouri representing the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, the Second Injury Fund, and the Crime Victims鈥� Compensation Fund. In 1997, she joined Brinker & Doyen, L.L.P. in St. 浪花直播 where she practiced civil litigation and workers鈥� compensation defense. Her practice included representing insurers, third party administrators, and health care providers in Missouri state, federal, and administrative courts as well as the Missouri Court of Appeals.

Since joining SLU Law in 2010, Professor Sanner's teaching focuses on legal skills courses including legal research and writing, trial practice, and appellate practice.  She also focuses on the intersection between litigation practice and advancing legal technologies.