About Karen

Karen Ulmer built a legal life out of careful study and steady practice. She earned a B.S. in psychology from Duke University, a J.D. from Widener University Delaware School of Law and later finished a LL.M. in securities law at Georgetown University. Those credentials gave her a mix of analytical education and doctrinal depth.

She began her career in private practice in the late 1990s. One of her early roles used to be as an associate on the Jennifer Courtney company in 1997. A few years after that she helped set up a small partnership, Curtis & Ulmer PC, the place she served as a founder and partner beginning in 2000. In 2001 she opened her personal practice, Karen Ann Ulmer PC, targeting household law things and related services.

Over time Ulmer further education that broadened how she serves clients. She finished a forty-hour family mediation training on the Good Shepherd Mediation Center. That certification complements court work and offers events an alternative path to resolving disputes.

She is licensed to practice in each Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Locally she keeps ties to county-level bar organizations. Her memberships consist of the 1st viscount montgomery of alamein County Bar Association and the Bucks County Bar Association, where she has been indexed as a member since 1997. She additionally holds membership in the American Bar Association.

Her practice has unfold throughout numerous suburban offices. The main office is in Langhorne, and she additionally maintains workplace places in Doylestown, Jenkintown and Phoenixville. Those workplaces permit her to meet clients throughout diverse parts of the area and to appear in a variety of county courts when legal proceedings is important.

Colleagues describe her as continuous and pragmatic in handling family regulation documents. She handles the regimen and the complicated: divorces, custody things, help calculations and settlement discussions. Her background in securities law is an uncommon detail for a family regulation practitioner; it could turn out to be relevant when monetary problems in a home matter involve enterprise interests or complicated assets.

Her day-to-day work mixes legal proceedings, client counseling and mediated settlements. She continues to simply accept instances and to serve clients out of her multiple offices in southeastern Pennsylvania. She currently focuses her practice on household regulation and facilitated negotiation across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Education

Georgetown University

LL.M. (1996) | Securities Regulation

1995

Widener University Delaware School of Law

J.D. (1995) | Law

1992

Duke University

B.S. (1991) | Psychology

1988

Languages

English (Spoken, Written)

Experience

Founder, Family Law Lawyer

Karen Ann Ulmer PC
2001

Founder, Partner

Curtis & Ulmer PC
2000

Associate

Jennifer Courtney
1997

Accepted Jurisdictions

New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Certifications & Awards

40 Hour Family Mediation Training Certification

Good Shephard Mediation Center

Professional Associations

Montgomery County Bar Association

Current

American Bar Association

Current

Bucks County Bar Association

1997 - Current

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