Karin Sweigart serves as California Counsel for the Freedom Foundation. Prior to joining the Freedom Foundation, she served as Deputy General Counsel and Director of External Relations for the Fairness Center, a nonprofit law firm representing those harmed by public sector union abuse. Additionally, she spent nearly a decade in Washington DC as Legislative Counsel for Congressman Dan Lungren and the Committee on House Administration. Karin is a graduate of University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, MN, and played basketball while earning her undergraduate degree at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY.