Over 40 years of representing the injured in
Washington D.C., Maryland, & Virginia

Kara Bennis

Kara Kristie Bennis

Phone: (202) 789-8000 (Ext 134)
Toll Free: (800) 584-4165
Fax: (202) 371-1825
Email: Please click here to email Kara

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Associate

Areas of Practice

  • 100% Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death
  • Workers Compensation

Litigation Percentage

  • 100% of Practice devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2001
  • District of Columbia, 2006
  • Virginia, 2003

Education

  • Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, May, 2001 J.D.
    Honors: Phi Alpha Delta, Vice-Justice
    Honors: Dickinson Public Interest Law Fund, Treasurer
    Honors: Cumberland County Inns. of Court, Student Member
  • Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia, December, 1997
    Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha, (Political Science Honor Society)
    Honors: Humana Foundation Scholarship
    Honors: Mary Washington College Community Orchestra Scholarship
    Major: Political Science

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • DC Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - Present
    Member
  • Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2006 - Present
    Member
  • William Bryant Inns of Court, 2006 - Present
    Member

Past Employment Positions

  • AHC, Inc, Senior Attorney, 2002 - 2005
  • Hedger & Hedger, Law Clerk, 2000 - 2001
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Compliance Legal Division, Law Clerk, 2000
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Compliance Legal Division, Law Clerk, 1999
  • Pennsylvania Department of State, Office of Hearing Examiner, Intern, 1999 - 2000
  • United States Senator Charles S. Robb, Legislative Intern, 1998
  • Rappahannock Legal Services, Intern, 1996

Fraternities/Sororities

  • Phi Alpha Delta