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Greenberg Traurig LLP issued the following announcement on May 13.
Karen M. Kennard, a shareholder in the Austin office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP been panelist at the inaugural Austin Bar Association Virtual Equity Summit on May 14 at 12:45 p.m. CT.
“I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to speak about criminal justice reform, a topic that is dear to my heart,” Kennard said. “It is through these conversations that people are empowered to create change and true progress can be made.”
Kennard will speak during a session titled “History and Implementation of the Tim Cole Act: Injustice as a Catalyst for Justice.” This act has a very personal connection to Kennard as it is named in honor of her eldest brother Tim Cole. Cole was wrongfully convicted of rape more than two decades ago and died in prison in 1999, at the age of 39. In 2009, DNA testing proved Cole’s innocence, and he was the first person in Texas to receive a posthumous exo
Greenberg Traurig’s Karen Kennard to Speak at Austin Bar Association Virtual Equity Summit
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Karen M. Kennard, a shareholder in the Austin office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will be a panelist at the inaugural Austin Bar Association Virtual Equity Summit on May 14 at 12:45 p.m. CT. AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) May 13, 2021
“I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to speak about criminal justice reform, a topic that is dear to my heart,” Kennard said. “It is through these conversations that people are empowered to create change and true progress can be made.”
Kennard will speak during a session titled “History and Implementation of the Tim Cole Act: Injustice as a Catalyst for Justice.” This act has a very personal connection to Kennard as it is named in honor of her eldest brother Tim Cole. Cole was wrongfully convicted of rape more than two decades ago and died in prison in
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