Karen S. Borofsky

Overview

Karen manages the business operations of L&A, with a primary focus on finance. She works closely with the partners and other administrative professionals to achieve the firm’s strategic and tactical goals.

Karen has been with L&A since its founding, and she endeavors to maintain the balanced, efficient and welcoming work environment the firm has enjoyed since its beginnings. She brings several years of law firm administrative experience to L&A, including work at several area law firms, ranging from sole practitioners to firms of 125+ attorneys.

Since March 2020, Karen has produced a series of weekly “Good Morning!” messages for the firm, providing positive perspectives and practical tools for navigating through the unique challenges we have faced since then. Several of these have been simultaneously published on LinkedIn; two articles by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly; and one article by the national chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.

Karen is a founding Board member and Treasurer of NEWISE (New England Women in Science Executives Club, Inc.). She also served on the Board of Directors of WEST (Women in the Enterprise of Science and Technology) and was involved with WEST in a variety of roles since its founding in the early 2000’s. Karen was formerly a member of Bank of America’s Business Banking CashPro® Advisory Board.

December 9, 2024

News

Craig Smith and Karen Borofsky Share Insights into Their Weekly Routines with The Industry Leaders

August 1, 2024

News

L&A Leaders Share Their Favorite Quotes with The Industry Leaders

May 16, 2023

News

Director of Administration Karen Borofsky Recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for Excellence in Firm Administration

Education

Simmons College Graduate School of Management, M.B.A.
Brandeis University, B.A

Memberships & Acknowledgements

Excellence in the Law honoree by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for Excellence in Firm Administration (2023)
Founding Member, Board of Directors and Treasurer, The New England Women in Science Executives Club, Inc. (NEWISE)
Member, Association of Legal Administrators (local and national chapters).
Member, Bank of America’s Business Banking CashPro® Advisory Board (2011-2015).
Presented a national teleconference for the Association of Legal Administrators on issues relating to conflicts in the workplace and how to rise above them in order to efficiently accomplish work goals (with Professor Mary Shapiro, Simmons College Graduate School of Management)
Karen was quoted in a Thompson Reuters article called “Practice Innovations: Using succession planning to ensure your law firm’s sustainable future.” The article is part of a content series on legal practice management.

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