Meet Karen Persis
A problem solver helping Florida families through life’s most meaningful moments.
For more than two decades, Karen Persis has built her practice around one belief: every client deserves thoughtful, personalized counsel. Today she’s recognized as one of Florida’s leading attorneys in reproductive law.
Karen Persis, Esq. · Orlando, FL
Attorney Karen Persis enjoys representing couples and individuals in matters involving assisted reproductive technology law, family formation, and adoption. She is a detail-oriented attorney and a problem solver who provides cost-effective results for her clients.
Karen represents intended parents in assisted reproductive technology law matters such as gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, preplanned adoption, egg donation, sperm donation, and embryo donation. She also represents surrogates and donors in the review and negotiation of their agreements with intended parents.
She has represented families in nearly 20 countries on 5 continents, dozens of states, and throughout Florida. Additionally, Ms. Persis helps individuals and couples in limited adoption matters — including stepparent adoption, relative adoption, adult adoption, and second-parent adoption.
Bar leadership
Service to the profession.
Recognition
Honors that reflect a career of focused excellence.
— Additional credentials
- ART Fellow — Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
- AV Preeminent — Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated
- ABA Committee — Assisted Reproductive Technology
- SEEDS — Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy
Community
Beyond the practice.
Education & career
From University of Florida to her own practice.
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Undergraduate
University of Florida
B.S. in Journalism with an outside concentration in Women’s Studies. Graduated in the top 5% of her class and was named to the University of Florida Hall of Fame.
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2004
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Attended on a merit-based scholarship. Graduated in the top 10% of her class.
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Post-graduate fellowship
Women’s Research and Education Institute, Washington, D.C.
Won a fellowship after graduation, where she drafted and analyzed legislation relating to women’s issues.
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2005-2010
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Worked on class actions, construction litigation, environmental contamination, family law, business torts, contract disputes, and employment law.
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2010-2012
Rosenthal Law Firm
Specialized representation of financial institutions.
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End of 2012 — Present
Karen Persis, P.A. — Founder
Opened her own practice to focus exclusively on assisted reproductive technology and family formation law.