Karl is a partner in the firm's regional commercial litigation practice group in the Tampa office. He practices in the civil trial area. His commercial practice includes: petroleum marketing litigation; other trade regulation litigation; class action litigation; environmental litigation; computer litigation; construction litigation; condominium litigation; personal injury litigation, including insurance and self-insured defense; toxic tort litigation; product liability litigation; landlord and tenant disputes; and other real property litigation, including ADA claims.
 
Karl is certified as a state and federal court mediator and has mediated cases in each of the subject areas described above. He also serves as an arbitrator for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D., 1981
• University of California, Berkeley, A.B. in Economics, 1977

• Member: The Florida Bar; Hillsborough County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Boys and Girls Club of Tampa, Board of Directors; Bayshore Little League; Tampa's Bay Area Legal Services, pro bono legal services
• Admitted to Practice: Florida; United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida; Trial Bar of the Southern District of Florida; United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; United States Supreme Court

• Co-authored an article on hazardous waste regulations for the Continuing Legal Education Section of The Florida Bar