Karen King Honored with Prestigious Pro Bono Leadership Award

September 16, 2024

Partner Karen King was honored by Sanctuary for Families with the prestigious Abely Pro Bono Leadership Award, which recognizes the contributions of the extraordinarily dedicated attorneys who have consistently demonstrated professional commitments to improving the lives of Sanctuary’s clients. Her work providing trauma-informed assistance to survivors of gender-based violence includes the representation of one such survivor, Narkis Golan, for four years in a widely followed case involving the Hague Convention and the grave risk of harm to children who witness domestic violence. In 2022, she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Saada v. Golan, obtaining a unanimous decision for her client. Karen has been appointed Chair of The Narkis Golan International Child Abduction Initiative (the “NGI”), a groundbreaking new Sanctuary for Families’ Pro Bono Project dedicated to increasing access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence who cross international borders with their children to flee abuse and search for safety.