Karine Joseph El Kareh, Esq.

Legal Experience:

  • August 2010: Associate at JUSTICIA Beirut Consult Law Offices.
  • February 2010 – Present: Legal Counselor at the Ministry of State for parliamentary affairs.
  • Co-author of the legal study on the right of mothers to open a bank account for their underage children. The initiative was endorsed by the Association of Banks and resulted in the issuing of a
    circular No. 305/2009 on December 9, 2009 allowing a mother to open such accounts, despite legal bannings establishing the father as the legal guardian of the minors in financial, educational and
    spiritual matters. The product encountered a large success among female clients and brought awareness to women in general who didn’t know they were forbidden to open such accounts.
  • Co-author of the project of Law aiming to allow Lebanese mothers to grant nationality to their children despite major confessional and demographical impacts.
  • Attorney at Law affiliated to the Beirut Bar Association since November 2005.