Karen Dunn - A Star-litigator & Presidential Debate Prep Specialist on Presidential Debates, Persuasion, and The Traits of Powerful Leaders

Today I'm speaking with Karen Dunn. Karen is one of the US's top trial lawyers and debate prep specialists for the presidential and vice-presidential debates. She's a litigating partner at Paul Weiss in New York, one of the country's most prestigious law firms. Karen is widely recognized for her courtroom victories and is primarily known for being highly skilled at crisis management. Her clients vary from companies, high-profile individuals, and executives. Karen went to Brown University and Yale Law School. She then went to Washington as a judicial clerk for Judge Merrick Garland and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. After her clerkships, Karen worked in the Obama White House as associate counsel to the president. Karen has been the go-to person for debate prep for several leading Democrats; she has prepared Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris for Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates. In private practice at Paul Weiss, Karen has been leading trial counsel for some of America's leading companies such as Apple, Uber, Amazon, and Oracle.