Karina Salcedo, Associate at our Phoenix law office
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Karina Salcedo

Associate
Biography

Karina Salcedo is a member of the firm’s Special Litigation and Compliance Practice Group. Karina received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science from Oral Roberts University.

Prior to joining the firm, Karina served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Michael T. Liburdi for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and to Vice Chief Justice John Lopez, IV of the Arizona Supreme Court. She also gained experience through externships with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona


Education

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude)
    • Order of the Coif
    • Order of the Barristers
    • CALI Awards for Victims in Criminal Procedure, Arizona Criminal Law, Congress and the Courts, Litigation Experience, and Legal Method and Writing
    • Willard H. Pedrick Scholar
    • Sandra Day O’Connor Merit Scholarship Recipient
    • Jurimetrics Journal, Articles Editor
    • ASU Jessup International Moot Court Team, Captain
    • Christian Legal Society, President
    • Federalist Society, Vice President
    • Legal Method and Writing, Teaching Assistant
    • Law Cappella
    • Blackstone Legal Fellow
  • Oral Roberts University (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude)
    • Pre-Law Minor
    • Oral Roberts Quest Whole Person Full Tuition Scholarship Recipient
    • Debate & Forensics Team, Captain
Experience

Previous Professional Experience

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona,
    • Judicial Law Clerk; Judicial Extern to the Honorable Michael T. Liburdi
  • Arizona Supreme Court, Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable John Lopez, IV
  • Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judicial Extern to the Honorable Patrick J. Bumatay
  • Arizona Court of Appeals, Judicial Extern to the Honorable Jennifer M. Perkins
  • U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Law Clerk to Senator Ted Cruz

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Federalist Society
  • Christian Legal Society

Representative Presentations and Publications