Overview
Karen Villagomez focuses her practice on labor and employment law. Before joining Franczek, she represented low-wage workers in class action litigation at a Chicago-based law firm. She also clerked for the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Earlier in her career, she served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago Law Department, defending the City in negligence cases.
Karen earned her J.D. from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where she was a student attorney in the International Human Rights and Juvenile Justice Clinics. She also participated in Street Law, a student-led program that equips youth in Chicago public schools with foundational legal knowledge.
Outside of work, Karen enjoys spending time with her family and searching for the world’s best coffee shop.