Karen E. Terry - Lawyer in West Palm Beach, FL

KAREN E. TERRY isa Shareholder at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart Shipley, P.A. in WestPalm Beach and has been with the firm for 25 years. Recently, Ms. Terry became FloridaBar Board Certified in civil trial law as well as in health care and medicalmalpractice, which are the highest honors one can achieve. For the last10 years in a row, she has been named as one of The Best Lawyers in America.Recently honored as one of the top-rated lawyers in health care in the UnitedStates, Ms. Terry also was selected as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in thecountry and Top 10 Best Female Attorneys in Florida.

CourtroomView Network cited Ms. Terry for Top Plaintiffs Verdicts in 2015 and the DailyBusiness Review recognized her for Top Plaintiffs Verdicts in 2019. She received the highest honor awarded by the DailyBusiness Review as its 2016 Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year.Ms. Terry was selected as The Lawyer of the Year, 2017, in Mass TortsLitigation/Class Actions by Best Lawyers in America. In 2018, she becamea Supreme Court Certified Circuit Mediator in Florida.

Ms.Terry has tried many big cases, but in August 2007, she received a jury verdictof over $25 million in Polk County, Florida against Walgreens for misfilling aprescription. In 2013 she also received a jury verdict of over $12 million inPalm Beach County, Florida and was inducted into the Floridas Verdicts Hall ofFame for this case. She achieved the first verdict in the U.S. against amedical concierge company for the negligence of its doctor in causingcatastrophic consequences for a woman.

Ms.Terry has been selected as one of the top five litigators by Florida Trendmagazine and the South Florida Legal Guide. For the past 21 years shehas been a member of the Florida Justice Association and the Palm Beach CountyJustice Association and has been active in her community. She recently wasselected into the prestigious organizations the International Society ofBarristers and the American College of Trial Lawyers. Ms. Terry is currently vicepresident of the Palm Beach Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, withaspirations to become president.

Beforejoining Searcy Denney, Ms. Terry clerked for former Chief Judge Walter Colbathof the 15th Judicial Circuit. A native of South Florida, she graduated cumlaude from Duke University in three years and earned a masters degree fromthe University of Florida. She then graduated with honors from the Universityof Florida College of Law.