Karin A. Bentz

Practice Areas: General Trial Law and Litigation, Appellate Practice, Employment Law, Commercial Litigation, Trademark Infringement Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Civil Rights, Insurance, Insurance Defense. Mediator, District Court of the Virgin Islands and Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.

Admitted: 1982, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1989, U.S. Virgin Islands; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court, 2006, New York.

Biography: The Law Offices of Karin A. Bentz was founded in 1993. Karin A. Bentz, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, Class of 1982 relocated from Wisconsin in 1988. Prior to moving to the U.S. Virgin Islands she practiced in the State of Wisconsin in the Milwaukee and Oshkosh areas.

Educated: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., 1982)

Personal Achievements: Completed Paris Marathon 2004, Austin, TX (Motorola) Marathon 2003, Disney World 2002,  NYC Marathon 2000 & 1998, Vancouver Marathon, 1996.

Member: Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Virgin Islands (Chair, unauthorized, Practice of Law Committee, 2002-2003; Member, Board of Governors, Virgin Islands, 2009—, Secretary 2010, President elect 2010-2011); American Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin; Sedona Conference; Virgin Islands Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. (Board Secretary, 2008-2010), American Bar Foundation. Member of NCBP, diversity committee and the program committee. VIBAR currently sharing the Client Protection Committee, and the Lawyers Assistance Committee.