Karen Sue Keaton

Professional misconduct

1. Public Reprimand
   issued in FL, 2014

   updated July 17, 2017 12:00am

   Public reprimand means the attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. The Bar warns the lawyer in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior. Details of the infraction are made part of the public record.

   Karen’s comment: “I served my client as trustee of a charitable remainder trust which invested in private money mortgages. I previously created a corporation for another client who subsequently borrowed money from the first client's charitable trust. Unfortunately, I failed to obtain a letter from the corporate client acknowledging that there could possibly be a conflict of interest should the corporate client default on the mortgage.”

2. Public Reprimand
   issued in FL, 2012

   updated July 17, 2017 12:00am

   Public reprimand means the attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. The Bar warns the lawyer in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior. Details of the infraction are made part of the public record.

   Karen’s comment: “My client nominated me to serve as trustee of her trust. I followed my client's specific directions in creating the trust and administered the trust in accordance with the terms of the trust. A trust beneficiary was unhappy with the terms of the trust.”