Karen Dehaan-Fullerton

As General Counsel, Karen has responsibility for all Zomedica legal functions for building strategy across regulatory, risk, and compliance functions and helping to drive the company from a legal perspective.

Karen joined Zomedica in June 2022 and brings more than 24 years of diverse legal expertise to Zomedica. After graduating cum laude from the University of Louisville – Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, she practiced with the firm Goldberg & Simpson in Louisville before moving to Indianapolis to practice with Sommer Barnard (later Taft, Stettinus, and Hollister) as an M&A partner. In 2007, she joined Zimmer, Inc. serving in roles of increasing responsibility as Division General Counsel, Assistant General Counsel, Global Businesses and Americas, and Division General Counsel, Zimmer Biomet. In 2016 she joined Elanco Animal health negotiating and drafting business development agreements for asset purchases, divestitures, licenses, collaborations, co-promotions, and distribution opportunities, as well as providing legal support to the North America commercial and companion animal business units, and the corporate secretary’s office. Most recently, Karen was the Senior Transaction Attorney, Associate General Counsel for Exactech Inc.