Karen M Salter

Karen Salter is a former Registered Nurse and Accident Injury Attorney who represents individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Her primary areas of practice are automobile, motorcycle and ATV accidents, children’s injuries, hospital employee and nursing negligence, nursing home abuse and defective drugs and products. AREAS OF PRACTICE Personal Injury Motor Vehicle Accidents Hospital or Nursing Negligence Nursing Home Abuse Defective Products Defective Medications Defective Medical Devices BAR ADMISSIONS Alabama U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama EDUCATION Birmingham School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama J.D. – 1995 Honors: Secretary of Class Honors: Sigma Delta Kappa Honors: Dean’s List Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama Associate Degree – 1975 Honors: Dean’s List Major: Nursing Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama B.S.N. – 1981 Honors: Dean’s List Major: Nursing PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS Alabama Bar Association, 1996 – Present Birmingham Bar Association Shelby County Bar Association Alabama Association for Justice AWARDS & ACCOLADES National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Mass Tort Trial Lawyers Association Top 25 PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS Baptist Health System, RN/Nursing Administration/Intensive Care Unit Director, 1974 – 1996 Cardiology Associates, Advanced EKG Interpretation, 1986 – 1990 FRATERNITIES/SORORITIES Pi Gamma Mu Sigma Delta Kappa