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 Law School, 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 Districts of Florida

Karen Dyer's main practice area is commercial litigation, including complex federal litigation, civil RICO, antitrust and bankruptcy. Ms. Dyer was recently listed in Lawdragon's 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

In 2009, Ms. Dyer participated, presenting defense witnesses and arguing legal points, in the firm's recent trial victory for Starr International Company against AIG in federal court in New York in a dispute over the ownership of billions of dollars of AIG stock. She continues to be involved in representing Starr International Company as well as CV Starr & Co., both multi-billion dollar investment companies in certain litigation and arbitration matters. Ms. Dyer also represents a European based private equity firm in a dispute pending in federal court in New York over the acquisition of a major record company involving approximately $7 billion. She also represents a major tobacco company in litigation throughout Florida.

Ms. Dyer previously 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. 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, and along with another of the firm's partners, obtained 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

Lawdragon's 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Florida Top 100 Super Lawyers 2007
American Bar Association