Karl O. Riley (JD '10)
is a Las Vegas office managing partner at Cozen O'Connor. Karl is an
experienced and well-rounded commercial litigator, whose practical,
business-minded approach to the practice of law adds significant value
to his clients. Having served as a clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit, Karl provides sound and coherent legal strategies
for his clients from complaint through appeal. Karl has extensive
experience litigating breach of contract; fraud; fraudulent transfer;
negligence; breach of fiduciary duty; construction; wrongful disclosure;
federal and state consumer protection statutes (e.g., FDCPA, FCRA,
TCPA); adverse proceedings; federal state False Claims Act; deficiency
judgment; receiverships; insurance coverage; judgment recovery; and
various employment and wage/hour issues (e.g., Title VII, ADA, ADEA,
FLSA, FMLA).
Karl handles cases in state and federal courts and has
managed all aspects of complex, civil litigation, including development
of case analysis and strategy, direction and execution of discovery,
composition and argument of discovery and dispositive motions, and
negotiation of settlements.
Active in the community, Karl recently served as one of the
first African-American chairs of the State Bar of Nevada’s Young Lawyers
Section, and was the first African-American to receive the State Bar of
Nevada’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award. With the National Bar
Association, Karl served as chair of the Young Lawyers Division, and as
Region IX director. With the American Bar Association (ABA), Karl serves
as the Nevada Young Lawyer delegate to the House of Delegates, and
served as the bar leadership director for the Young Lawyers Division.
Karl chairs the Steering Committee of the Collaborative Bar Leadership
Academy (CBLA), which is a joint venture between the ABA and diverse
bars to spark coalition building between diverse communities and to
propel diverse leaders into national bar leadership. He also served as
secretary on the executive board of the Urban Chamber of Commerce. Karl
was a 2018 fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
and now serves as an Alumni Executive Council member and the
Communications Committee vice chair.