Karen Draper Gerber

Karen Gerber is a respected criminal defense attorney with extensive experience in state and federal criminal courts. Her practice focuses on complex criminal litigation, including multi-count, multi-defendant criminal conspiracies, murder, sexual misconduct, and white-collar cases, but that does not mean she is too big to handle an infraction or misdemeanor. She brings her vast experience and attention to detail to every client, no matter what their situation. She understands that each client's case is the most important case to them. She is a fierce advocate, whether it is fighting for the best result on an infraction or arguing complex matters of law in Federal Court. Karen has tried dozens of cases to jury verdict and utilizes that experience to bring her clients the best possible results.

Outside of court Karen is an avid equestrian, competing in the sport of three day eventing. Three day eventing is the equestrian version of a triathlon. Karen has been riding, training and competing horses since she was a young person. While at college at Carolina she competed on the UNC Equestrian Team, earned her U.S.P.C. National B rating and taught riding lessons. In between college and law school at Wake Forest, Karen spent a year training and working full time at an Olympic training facility in Florida. By the time she started law school ,she had competed through preliminary level eventing and 4th level dressage on her self-made horses. While she is now focused on her law practice and family, she still enjoys the discipline of the training process and works to continue to improve herself everyday.