- Occupation: CIVIL TRIAL LAWYER
 - OC SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, PRO TEM (10 years program participation)
 - 18 + YRS CIVIL TRIAL & MEDIATION EXPERIENCE INCLUDING QUASI-CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATIVE LITIGATION
 - Former Vice Pres/General Counsel and chief legal advisor for United Western Medical Centers in Santa Ana and Anaheim, CA
 - Magna Cum Laude law school graduate (ranked 3rd in class of over 350);  Valedictory Candidate
 - Elder and deacon in her church, and a former delegate to the Los Ranchos Presbytery
 - Married for 22+ years, Karen and her husband Tom raised and educated their two daughters in Orange County's schools
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- As a Judge, my responsibility is to follow and uphold the law - not make it
 - I strongly support law enforcement, victims' rights, strict sentencing for violent crimes, "Three Strikes" and the Death Penalty
 - I am committed to making our neighborhoods and schools safe for our children and families
  
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- SENATORS DICK ACKERMAN, ROSS JOHNSON, JOE DUNN
 - ASSEMBLYWOMEN PAT BATES, MARILYN BREWER (Ret.); SUPERVISOR TOM WILSON
 - CONSERVATIVE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION
  
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- A Personal Statement from Karen Taillon
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