Karin Torgerson litigates various commercial claims, as well as personal injury and product liability, medical malpractice, and premises liability cases. She has handled class action and multi-district litigation matters as well as defended fiduciary duty claims. Ms. Torgerson has represented clients throughout the State of Texas and has experience handling matters brought by state attorneys general across the United States. More recently, she has conducted Sarbanes-Oxley investigations.
Ms. Torgerson began her career as an Associate with the Firm in 1995. Shortly after becoming a partner in 2003, she resigned from the Firm to accept a position in The White House as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and Associate Staff Secretary. She held several positions in The White House over her two-year career there. Ms. Torgerson returned to the Firm, and partnership, in May of 2005.
Education
- J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1995
- B.A., Plan II Honors Program, The University of Texas at Austin, 1992
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1995
- District of Columbia, 2004
Admitted To Practice
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Representative Experience
- Defended product manufacturer in significant personal injury action in Federal Court in East Texas.
- Defended multi-million dollar breach of fiduciary duty action in Federal Court in Fort Worth.
- Multiple representations of drug manufacturers in alleged Medicaid fraud actions brought by various state attorneys general.
- Defended a natural gas public utility in significant class action litigation in West Texas.
- Defended a different natural gas public utility in significant class action and related litigation brought by several municipalities in South Texas.
- Obtained summary judgment for several trustees of a family property trust in a breach of fiduciary duty case. Following her oral argument to the Dallas Court of Appeals, the summary judgment was affirmed.
- Multiple representations of a local helicopter manufacturer in personal injury/product liability claims.
- Multiple representations of a drug manufacturer in personal injury/product liability claims.
- Multiple representations of a natural gas public utility in personal injury and property damage cases.
- Defended a national bank in a multi-million dollar breach of contract arbitration following the decline of the plaintiff’s investment account.
- Conducted Sarbanes-Oxley investigation for a nationwide retailer.
Reported Decisions
- Geodyne Energy Income Production Partnership I-E v. Newton Corp., 161 S.W.3d 482 (Tex. 2005).
- McGoodwin v. McGoodwin, 2003 WL 22020781 (Tex. App.—Dallas, August 28, 2003) (not designated for publication).
- Rio Grande Valley Gas Co. v. City of Pharr, 962 S.W.2d 631 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1997, writ dism’d w.o.j.).
- Ames v. Miller, 184 F. Supp. 2d 566 (N.D. TX. 2002).
Professional History
- Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP (October 2007 - Present)
- Partner, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (May 2005 - October 2007)
- Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director, USA Freedom Corps, The White House (September 2004 - April 2005)
- Special Assistant to the President and Director of Legal Affairs and Policy Administration, USA Freedom Corps, The White House (March 2004 - September 2004)
- Special Assistant to the President and Associate Staff Secretary, The White House (March 2003 - March 2004)
- Partner, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (January 2003 - March 2003)
- Associate, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell and Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (1995 - 2002)
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, District of Columbia Bar
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation
- Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Co-Chair, Legal Ethics and Professionalism Committee (1996 - 1998)
Community Leadership
- Council Member, Dallas Council, Volunteer Center of North Texas, serving on the Policy Committee
- United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Tocqueville Society
- Member, Junior League of Dallas
- Program Event Co-Chair, Republican Lawyers of Dallas
- Member, Republican National Lawyers Association
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