Karen A. Braje
Overview
Karen Braje is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Health Care Group in the San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on litigating and resolving complex commercial litigation matters as part of the firm’s Managed Care team. The Managed Care team includes litigators and regulatory specialists with a deep knowledge of issues affecting managed care and health insurance companies, including prescription drug benefit and medical policy issues, provider reimbursement issues (e.g., direct pay, reimbursement rate issues), member benefits and bad faith denial of benefits issues, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) issues, and general commercial and indemnity issues.
Career & Education
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1997
- Georgetown University, B.S.F.S., International Politics and Relations, 1993
- Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
study abroad participant
- California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Karen 's Insights
Firm News | 5 min read | 08.06.25
Chicago – August 06, 2025: Crowell & Moring today announced that a group of 16 highly regarded health care litigation partners is joining the firm, together with their team, and led by accomplished trial attorney Martin J. Bishop. The strategic combination creates one of the largest health care practices in the country and expands the firm’s ability to provide clients across the industry with the full spectrum of litigation, investigations, regulatory, transactional, and recovery capabilities. The team joins from Reed Smith, where Bishop served on the firm’s executive committee.
Karen 's Insights
Firm News | 5 min read | 08.06.25
Chicago – August 06, 2025: Crowell & Moring today announced that a group of 16 highly regarded health care litigation partners is joining the firm, together with their team, and led by accomplished trial attorney Martin J. Bishop. The strategic combination creates one of the largest health care practices in the country and expands the firm’s ability to provide clients across the industry with the full spectrum of litigation, investigations, regulatory, transactional, and recovery capabilities. The team joins from Reed Smith, where Bishop served on the firm’s executive committee.
