Karen Gifford

The stress of the legal profession is well-documented, but how can we work to combat it? Do attorneys just need to better regulate their work-life balance, or is there more to it? Karen Gifford found a different kind of solution. While working in the high-stress financial industry (previously as Counsel and Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, now as the COO of Ripple Labs, a financial technology company that helps banks around the world communicate more effectively), Karen started a practice of meditation and yoga. After many years of success she decided to share her knowledge by writing The Anxious Lawyer with her good friend, and Fastcase 50 alumna, Jeena Cho. The book is a pragmatic guide for bringing mindfulness to the practice of law.