Karla Diaz is a motivator, and while encouraging those with whom she comes in contact to live a healthy and active life, has worked as both a litigator and transactional attorney for law firms in Missouri and the District of Columbia. She also served as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill to U.S. Senator Christopher S. Bond, advising clients in the areas of agriculture, water, biotechnology and education policy. She also handled issues impacting children’s welfare.

As the GILS Group President and Partner, Karla, who was raised on a family farm near Unionville, Missouri and earned both her B.S. in Agriculture and Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri, has built an excellent standing as an agricultural and environmental law practitioner, representing farmers and ranchers in areas of estate and succession planning, business formation, farm accident and injury and immigration law.