Kara Cunningham Williams focuses her practice in the areas of complex commercial, banking, and consumer protection disputes, including class action defense.
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
- Business litigation
- Consumer credit/protection litigation
- Class actions
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 Steptoe & Johnson
1995-1999 Hunton & Williams LLP
1993-1994 Judicial Clerk, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
INDUSTRY/ CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS
- First Vice President and Board of Directors, YWCA of Charleston
- Chair, Alumni Admission Program and Board of Directors, Charleston WV Chapter, Washington & Lee University Alumni Association
- Leadership West Virginia, Class of 2001
AWARDS / HONORS
- The Best Lawyers in America®
- “Generation Next,” The State Journal 2007
- Graduated cum laude, Harvard Law School
- Graduated summa cum laude, Washington & Lee University
PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Presenter, “Product Liability & Doing Business in the U.S.,” April 2007, Council of America States in Europe/WV Development Office Seminar, United Kingdom
- CLE Presenter, “Ethics Issues Affecting Corporate Counsel,” October 2005, NiSource Legal Department, Charleston, WV
- Author and CLE Speaker, “Hot Topics in Commercial Litigation,” Sections on Business Torts, Contribution and Indemnification, and Corporate Governance Disputes June 2002, PESI Seminar, Charleston and Morgantown, WV
- Range, J.J. & Cunningham, K.L., 1997, “Rethinking the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege – A Postscript,” 11 Benefits Law Journal 69
- Range, J.J. & Cunningham, K.L., 1998, “Rethinking the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in Light of Varity Corporation v. Howe,” 10 Benefits Law Journal 25