Mr. Karon’s practice focuses on the trial and appeal of complex personal injury cases and general civil litigation. He has a national practice representing the catastrophically injured including cases involving amusement ride accidents, traumatic brain injuries and defective products. He has tried wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, toxic tort, product liability, professional negligence, business fraud, general negligence, and criminal cases, and argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Mr. Karon has been invited to speak on a range of topics including traumatic brain injury cases, products liability, trial practice and personal injury law issues by various professional associations, including the American Association for Justice, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. He was selected for the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 lists of Massachusetts Super Lawyers® published in Boston Magazine and the Top 100 Trial Lawyers list of the National Trial Lawyers®. He has an Avvo rating of Superb. In 2012 he received the President's Award from the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.
Mr. Karon is on the Executive Committee and the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Boston Bar Association. He is a Pre-Trial Case Conferencer in the Boston Municipal Court and a frequent judge for moot court competitions conducted by the Boston University School of Law.
Mr. Karon is a 1986 cum laude graduate of the Boston University School of Law where he was invited to participate in the Homer S. Albers honors moot court competition and was offered membership on the Probate Law Journal. He received the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in Constitutional Law studies and was designated a G. Joseph Tauro Scholar; a Paul J. Liacos Scholar; and an Edward F. Hennessey Scholar. He was also a member of the Law School’s Trial Advocacy Team.
Mr. Karon is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Michigan, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.