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LSC Vice President
Karen J. Sarjeant
Karen J. Sarjeant was appointed Vice President for Programs and Compliance of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in June, 2005. In this capacity she has primary responsibility for oversight of the LSC Office of Program Performance, the Office of Compliance and Enforcement, and the Office of Information Management.
Ms. Sarjeant has extensive experience in the legal services field, including previously serving as LSC Vice President for Programs in 1998-1999 and as LSC Program Counsel in 1995-1998. Ms. Sarjeant has also held positions as the Deputy Director of Equal Justice Works (formerly NAPIL), Chief and Managing Attorney of the Montgomery County office of the Legal Aid Bureau in Maryland, Regional Attorney and Regional Training Coordinator in the Seattle Regional Office of LSC, and staff attorney at the National Senior Citizens Law Center. Ms. Sarjeant began her career in legal services as a recipient of a Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship at Monroe County Legal Assistance Corporation in Rochester, New York.
Professional affiliations have included serving on the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) Section Council on the Delivery of Legal Services and as a founding member of the MSBA Section on Elder Law, and serving on the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Law and Aging (formerly the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly), and on the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty.
Ms. Sarjeant is the 1995 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Maryland Legal Services Corporation and the recipient of the first Public Service Award in 2000 from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Alumni Association.
Ms. Sarjeant received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Elmhurst College and her Juris Doctor from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Ms. Sarjeant, a native of Columbus, Ohio, is married to telecommunications attorney, Lawrence E. Sarjeant and they have two children, Shani and Omari.
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