PETERS & PETERS, PLC
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Karna M. Peters
Born 1961; Admitted 1986; Concordia
College, B.A.; University of Minnesota, J.D. magna cum laude
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Karna Peters is a Past Chair of the Board and a current board member
for Minnesota Continuing Legal Education. Karna is now the chair of the
MSBA judiciary committee.
In 2005, Karna received the MSBA President's Award,
one of the MSBA's most prestigious awards.
Karna is a Past President of the 16th District Bar Association
Karna (Johnson) Peters graduated magna cum laude from the University of
Minnesota law school in 1986, and was named to the Order of the Coif. While
in law school, she was a managing editor of the Minnesota Law Review.
Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr., of
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, in Springfield, Illinois. From 1987
to 1993, Karna was an associate with the San Diego office of the international
law firm of Latham & Watkins. She and Jim Peters formed Peters & Peters,
PLC in 1995.
Karna’s practice includes advising clients on environmental regulatory
matters, land use, municipal law, civil litigation and estate planning. She is a
member of the Minnesota Bar and the California Bar, the Minnesota State Bar
Association and the American Bar Association.
While at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, Karna completed the
CREDO Honors program, graduated summa cum laude, and played on the
women’s golf and basketball teams. She was named an AIAW Division III All-
American in golf in 1981 and was a member of Concordia’s AIAW Division III
National Championship basketball team in 1982.
Karna is a member of the Glenwood Rotary Club and is a past President of
Glenwood Lutheran Church (2001).
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