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Karen Peterson is a partner at Allison MacKenzie. Her areas of practice are water law, public utility law, telecommunications law, administrative related law and litigation. Karen Peterson is also our Energy Law attorney in which Allison MacKenzie has a Tier 1 Ranking in the 2024 edition of the Best Law Firms® publication.

Karen Peterson graduated with a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon graduation, she was admitted to practice law in Nevada as well as the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada. She appears before the Department of Water Resources, Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Department of Taxation and Division of Environmental Protection. Her professional organization involvement includes Carson City Justice and Municipal Courts, Judge Pro Tem, memberships with the Washoe County Bar Association and First Judicial Bar Association, State Bar of Nevada, Northern Nevada Lawyer’s Association, and Soroptomist International of Carson City. She is AV® Distinguished Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell.

Experience/Admissions

Admitted to Practice, Nevada
Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court. District of Nevada
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Carson City Justice and Municipal Courts, Previous Judge Pro Tem

Professional Associations & Leadership

Washoe County Bar Association
First Judicial Bar Association
State Bar of Nevada
Northern Nevada Lawyer’s Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Mortar Board, President of MSU Chapter

Community Leadership

Soroptomist International of Carson City

Education

B.S., Michigan State University
J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Practice Areas

Administrative
Public Utilities
Telecommunications
Water Rights
Appellate
Energy Law
Environmental
Litigation
Real Estate