About Karen Harkness
Karen Harkness Houser built a legal foundation through study and specialization. She earned a B.S. in Merchandising from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1981. She received her J.D. from St. Thomas University School of Law in 1991 and completed an LL.M. in Taxation at the College of William and Mary in 1992. Those credentials reflect an early decision to combine traditional law training with advanced tax work.
Her career has been centered in Florida. She is admitted to practice in that state and works at Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A. Her résumé lists the firm as her primary professional home, where she serves as a lawyer handling matters that draw on both her legal and tax education.
Houser’s membership choices signal areas of substantive practice. She belongs to The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. She also holds membership in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Those associations align with work in estate planning, probate and elder law. The LL.M. in Taxation provides an added layer for handling tax consequences of trusts and estates.
Clients who consult her typically need help arranging asset transfers, preparing wills and trusts, or addressing probate and trust administration. She handles questions about tax implications for estates and trust structures. She also works on issues that commonly arise as people age, including long-term care planning and guardianship matters. Her practice combines document drafting, estate administration and counseling families through transition points.
Within the firm, Houser contributes to cases and client files that require attention to both technical tax rules and practical estate administration. She participates in professional circles that keep her current on changes in probate law and elder law developments. Colleagues describe her approach as methodical, often breaking complex matters into clear next steps for clients.
She continues to practice at Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A., handling elder law, estate planning, probate, trust administration and related tax matters.
