Karynne G. Weiss graduated from New York University with a major in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Television Production. She attended Brooklyn Law School and graduated in 1986. After working in New York in the areas of commercial litigation and asset-based financing, Karynne practiced chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization and for the last decade has engaged in the practice of real estate litigation. She is admitted to practice law in California and New York.

Karynne has lived in Europe and speaks Spanish and French, with a good working knowledge of Italian. She is an avid skier and cyclist and is an active member of several charitable boards in Los Angeles County.