Karen Cole

Staff Attorney

Karen Cole joined the Central West Justice Center’s Immigration Law Unit as a Staff Attorney in April 2017. Prior to joining, she was an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in Boston, MA, where she represented unaccompanied minors in immigration proceedings. Before that, Karen represented children in child abuse and neglect cases in both Massachusetts and New York State. She was also a Skadden Fellow at the Legal Aid Society’s Harlem Neighborhood Office in its Housing Law Unit in New York City.

Additionally, Karen has worked as a program officer at the Robin Hood Foundation in New York City and taught middle and high school French in western Massachusetts. While in law school, she was Root Tilden Scholar, and participated in the juvenile rights clinic. Karen is admitted to the bar association in Massachusetts and New York. Karen speaks French and Spanish.