Karine E. Sokpoh

Karine Sokpoh practices in the areas of immigration, family law, and intellectual property. Karine represents individuals and businesses in various immigration, family law, and corporate matters. She defends clients in immigration court and provides legal counsel in various immigration matters, including family and marriage based visas.
Karine also represents clients in various divorce, custody, guardianship, and juvenile law matters.

Karine also counsels clients in acquiring, maintaining and protecting U.S. and foreign intellectual property assets. She provides search opinions concerning availability and registration of trademarks and assists with the filing and prosecuting trademark and copyright registration applications. She also helps clients with monitoring trademark infringement use and addressing actual or potential infringement cases through cease and desist letters and other dispute resolution strategies.

Karine assists clients concerning the commercialization of their intellectual property assets by performing due diligence in pending acquisitions and in drafting and negotiating various transactional documents. She also drafts terms of uses and privacy policies for client websites and other Internet privacy and cyber-liability legal compliance matters. Karine has experience drafting and negotiating licenses, assignments, sale and purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, supplier and distributor agreements. She represents clients in UDRP or domain name disputes.

Karine works with clients on legal matters in the U.S., Canada, the European Union, China, India, Africa, and South America. Karine is fluent in English, French, and Mina. Karine started her legal career with the Koley Jessen firm in Omaha. She is active in the community and is the Past President of the Midlands Bar Association and the Vice President of League for African Advancement, Inc.

Education & Bar Admissions

  • United States District Court
  • Nebraska State Bar Association Leadership Academy Class 2012
  • J.D., Creighton University School of Law, magna cum laude Certificate of Concentration: International and Comparative Law Cali Award for Excellence in Business Associations Law Member, Moot Court Board
  • B.A., General Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha Major: Communications Minor: Women’s Studies
  • B.A., Business Management, Universite du Benin, Lomé Togo, West Africa Licence en Gestion des Enterprises

Associations & Community Involvement

  • Board Member - Women's Fund of Omaha
  • Vice President - League for African Advancement
  • Committee Member - Common Fund of the Heartland
  • Leadership Committee - NSBA Immigration Section
  • Program Chair of the Roberts Spire Inns of Court
  • Past president of the Midlands Bar Association

Awards

  • University Nebraska Omaha Alumni Award for Excellence in Public Service 2016
  • Outstanding Young Lawyer, 2010, Nebraska State Bar Association

Contact Attorney Karine Sokpoh

To contact Attorney Karine Sokpoh or to schedule an appointment with Karine to speak to your business or group, please call (402) 858-2020 or email Karine Sokpoh at [email protected].