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Associate

Karly K. Dorr

Overview And Experience

Personal Life

Originally from Houma, Louisiana, Karly is a new resident of the Acadiana region, where she lives with her husband, Griffin Dorr. They share a grey tabby cat named Sammie and an energetic German shorthaired pointer named Whiskey. Karly enjoys traveling, reading fiction, fishing, hiking, baking, and wine tastings. 

Karly Dorr

Karly Kyzar Dorr joined the firm in 2022. Her primary practice areas include Business/Commercial Transactions and Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Admiralty and Maritime Defense, Estate Planning, Property Dispute Litigation, Environmental Contamination Litigation, and Governmental Entity Liability Defense.

Education

  • Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Juris Doctor, Degree in Comparative Law, and Graduate Certificate in Energy Law and Policy, magna cum laude, 2022
  • Louisiana State University, Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors Graduate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, magna cum laude, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science; Bachelor of Arts, Sociology (Criminology); Bachelor of Arts, History, 2019

Professional Memberships

  • Production Editor, Journal of Energy Law and Resources (JELR), Vol. X
  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
  • Wex Malone Inn of Court 
  • Louisiana Bar Association

Achievements

  • Order of the Coif, LSU Law
  • Externship with The Honorable Patrick Hannah, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Louisiana
  • Publication: Karly Kyzar, A Survey of the Derogation of Property Rights and Damage to Production on Agricultural Land Burdened with Pipeline Servitudes, 10 LSU J. Energy L. & Resources (2022)
  • Pending Publication: Karly Kyzar, No Trespassing: The Legal Original of Louisiana’s Water Access Crisis, LSU Journal of Civil Law Studies (Volume 14)
  •  Junior Associate, Journal of Energy Law and Resources (JELR), Vol. IX
  •  Production Editor; Journal of Energy Law and Resources (JELR), Vol. X
  •  Conference Speaker: State of the Coast 2021, Determining the Legal Feasibility of Implementing Blue Carbon Offset Credits into Coastal Restoration Projects in Louisiana
  •  CALI Award for Excellence: Business Associations 
  •  Graduate Certificate of Energy Law and Policy
  •  Hebert Scholar 

Personal Life

Originally from Houma, Louisiana, Karly is a new resident of the Acadiana region, where she lives with her husband, Griffin Dorr. They share a grey tabby cat named Sammie and an energetic German shorthaired pointer named Whiskey. Karly enjoys traveling, reading fiction, fishing, hiking, baking, and wine tastings.