About

Karen Livingston-Wilson is a practicing attorney with more than 20 years experience in three states. Recognized as one of the “Top 10 Business Women of the Year” (2008), she has held numerous positions on the boards of some of the Metro area’s most respected foundations and charities.

LIVINGSTON-WILSON & ASSOCIATES, PLLC
2010 – Present; Owner and Managing Partner

Primary areas of Practice include:
 • Wills and Estates
 • Labor and Employment
 • Health Law
 • Real Estate and Construction Law
 • Environmental Law

1999 – 2009; Member/Partner and attorney at the largest law firm in MS.

1988-1999; Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for one of the Midwest’s largest insurance companies. During tenure, company sold more than a billion dollars of insurance premiums each year and had approximately 1800 employees.

EDUCATION
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI, J.D.

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, B. A.

Received the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter “Masters” insurance designation

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Admitted to the State Bar of Michigan
Admitted to the State Bar of Ohio
Admitted to the State Bar of Mississippi

MEMBERSHIPS AND BOARDS
Member of the Magnolia Bar Association, National Bar Association, American Bar Association and American Health Lawyers Association.

Member of Environmental Law and Health Law within the MS Bar Association

Past Member and President/Greater Jackson Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters Association.

Past Member and Grants Committee Chair/Susan G. Komen Foundation Board of Directors.

Past Member/Stewpot Ministries Board of Directors.

Past Member of the Steering Committee/Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson.

Past Member of the Board of Directors/Metropolitan YMCA of Jackson, Mississippi.

Past Member of the Board of Directors/Bethany Christian Services.

Leadership Jackson/class of 2004-2005.

Past Member/Mississippi Museum of Arts Board of Trustees.

Past Member/Michigan Supreme Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.

RECOGNITION
Selected as one of Mississippi Business Journal’s “Top 10 Business Women of the Year”, 2008.

Selected as one of Mississippi Business Journal’s “50 Leading Women”, 2007.

Selected as one of the Craine’s Detroit Business’ “100 Most Influential Women in the Greater Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan Area”.

Selected as a “Top Lady of Distinction” by the Detroit, MI chapter of the Top Ladies of Distinction.

Selected as one of Craine’s Detroit Business’ “40 Under 40”.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
“Minorities and the Legal Profession”
“No Fault Insurance Law Update”
“The Effective Use of Outside Counsel”
“The Legal Environment and Management”
“Managing a Diverse Workforce”
“ Fraud Investigation and Prevention”
“Correcting Employee Behavior”
“Maintaining a Union-Free Workforce”
“S.E.C. Overview”
“Antitrust Law Update”

Married to Mark E. Wilson, Sr. M.D., a gastroenterologist, and mother of one son, Mark E. Wilson, Jr.