Karen Saab-Dominguez

Karen Saab-Dominguez is a highly experienced attorney and a leader in the firm’s General Liability and Trucking practices. She handles diverse civil litigation matters involving premises liability, negligent security, products liability, labor law, employment, and transportation for a variety of high-profile clients, including regional and national businesses and insurers. She brings to each matter a multi-disciplinary approach to defense strategy that is streamlined, focused, and marked by meticulous and personalized attention, investigation, and evidence-gathering. Karen has a wealth of experience representing trucking companies and truck drivers in accident-related claims alleging personal injury, catastrophic loss, and property damage. She is a member the firm-wide 24/7 Rapid Response and OSHA Rapid Response groups for trucking and construction clients, and is a frequent lecturer on emerging legal trends and other topics of interest within these industries. Karen is also a member of the firm’s Women in Trucking team and serves as co-chair of CLM’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Before joining Goldberg Segalla, Karen spent six years as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County, New York, prosecuting domestic violence, child abuse, sex crimes cases. During her time at the District Attorney’s office, she gained invaluable trial experience, which included trying approximately three felony cases to verdict before a jury, trying misdemeanor cases, presenting approximately 200 to 300 cases to the grand jury, and handling approximately 30 to 40 sex-offender risk assessment hearings.

Prior to her time in the District Attorney’s office, Karen worked with Sanctuary for Families, the leading nonprofit in New York State dedicated exclusively to serving victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking and their children. During her time with Sanctuary, she tried 15 to 20 family court matters to verdict.

Honors & Awards

New York Metro Super Lawyers, Rising Star (Civil Litigation Defense), 2014

Lawyers of Color Hot List, Eastern Region, 2014

Community Involvement

•Technical Career Institute: Adjunct Professor
•Conference of Western Attorney General, Alliance Partnership
•Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Intensive Trial Advocacy Program

Training and Certifications

•Department of Labor OSHA-10 Construction Training
•Department of Labor OSHA-30 Construction Training

Publications & Events

Presentations

•“The Benefits of Workplace Diversity” Presenter, TANY Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, September 23, 2019
•“The Insurer Process of Vetting Panel Counsel-The ABCs of Pitching for Legal Work,” CLM Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, March 13, 2018
•“Active Shooter Preparedness,” New York City, February 22, 2018
•“Defending the Defendant,” Nassau County Bar Association, January 2013

Recent Insights

Goldberg Segalla Names New Partners

January 2015

Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Listed in 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers

September 2014

Karen Saab-Dominguez Named to Lawyers of Color 2014 Hot List

August 7, 2014

Wrongful Death Action Against Municipalities, Police Departments Dismissed in Federal Court

November 2, 2011