About Karen Pickett

Karen Pickett has successfully litigated criminal and civil cases for 25 years. Karen is known throughout the legal community for her aggressive, creative advocacy and her trusted advice. Karen has a broad range of trial and appellate experience including working as a public defender, an appellate law clerk, a large firm associate and a partner at a litigation boutique firm. The goal of Pickett Law Offices, P.C. is to provide premium legal services at reasonable rates. We look forward to working with you.

From 2013 – 2020, Karen was named a Super Lawyer in the category of White Collar Criminal Defense by Boston Magazine. From 2014 – 2020, Boston Magazine also named Karen one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts.

Karen graduated with a B.A., cum laude in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross in 1990. After working as a Jesuit Volunteer, Karen attended and graduated from Northeastern University Law School where she served as a head teaching assistant and also interned for a judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

After graduating from Northeastern in 1995, Karen worked as a public defender where she won many criminal trials and hearings. She then clerked for the Honorable Benjamin Kaplan at the Massachusetts Appeals Court. After her clerkship, Karen became an associate at Hill & Barlow, P.C. where she practiced in the employment, criminal, and professional malpractice groups. Karen left Hill & Barlow, P.C. to join the litigation boutique of Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, where she practiced for twelve years prior to founding Pickett Law Offices, P.C.

Karen is admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Karen is a member of the Massachusetts, Boston, New Hampshire and Women’s Bar Associations. She serves as a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Criminal Law Steering Committee.

Karen authored an article in the New England Law Review, “The Road To And From Powell,” and co-authored an article in the Boston Bar Journal, “Parallel Criminal and Civil Prosecutions in Mass. Federal Court.” In May 2010, she was a moderator and presenter for a Boston Bar Association CLE program entitled, “Representing College and University Students: Multiple Perspectives and Competing Considerations.” In December 2013, Karen was a moderator and presenter for Boston Bar Association CLE program entitled, “Criminal Appeals.”

From 2013 – 2020, Karen was named a Super Lawyer in the category of White Collar Criminal Defense by Boston Magazine. From 2014 – 2020, Boston Magazine also named Karen one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts.