Karen C. Dyer

Partner
Orlando

t: 407 245 8793
f: 407 425 7047

kdyer@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

Class Actions

Securities Litigation

Education

University of Florida, J.D., with honors, 1987; Editor-in-Chief, Florida International Law Journal; Member Florida Blue Key; LegaL Research and Writing Instructor

University of Florida, B.S., Accounting, 1984

Clerkships

Hon. G. Kendall Sharp, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 1987-1989

Admissions

Florida

United States Courts of Appeal: First, Third, and Eleventh Circuits

United States District Courts: Middle and Southern Distrcits of Florida

Karen Dyer's main practice area is commercial litigation, including complex federal litigation, civil RICO, antitrust and bankruptcy.

Recently, Ms. Dyer has been involved in representing the former principal owners of a speech and language technology company in district court and bankruptcy proceedings against another speech and language technology company and its former officers, directors, auditors and bankers arising out of a $600 million merger between the two companies. She is also involved in representing Hank Greenberg and companies associated with Mr. Greenberg in a number of litigation and arbitration matters against AIG. Ms. Dyer also has been involved in representing Tyco and its ADT subsidiary and has worked to successfully defeat certification of two nationwide classes against Tyco/ADT. Additionally, Ms. Dyer has been involved in jury and non-jury trials for companies such as Florida Power & Light and Tyco/ADT, including most recently, along with another of the firm's partners, obtaining a complete victory for ADT in a bench trial where a former ADT dealer sought a multi-million dollar judgment. Ms. Dyer and others from the firm also represented an independent power producer in action taken against a state utility alleging violations of RICO and various state laws. The settlement resulted in an award in excess of $36 million for the producer.

Before joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in 1997, Ms. Dyer was a partner with the law firm of Duker & Barrett. She was a founding partner of the law firm of Mathis & Dyer P.A. and, prior to that, worked as an attorney with the law firm of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler P.A. Ms. Dyer also participated in successfully defending a large hospital group against anti-trust claims lodged by another hospital that initially sought to enjoin Ms. Dyer's client's merger with another hospital group.

Ms. Dyer has lectured on the topics of class action litigation and federal civil procedure.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

Florida Top 100 Super Lawyers 2007
American Bar Association