Brad Karp

Brad Karp has served as chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison since 2008. One of the country’s leading litigators and corporate advisers, Brad has successfully guided numerous Fortune 100 companies, global financial institutions and individuals through “bet the company” litigations, regulatory matters, internal investigations, and corporate crises. Brad has received dozens of industry awards and recognitions. Brad has been selected as the “Attorney of the Year” by the New York Law Journal and by Lawdragon, the “Litigator of the Year” by The American Lawyer and by Benchmark Litigation/Euromoney, one of the most innovative lawyers in the United States by the Financial Times and “Securities Lawyer of the Year” and “Banking Lawyer of the Year” numerous times by Best Lawyers. Brad has written more than 700 articles on business litigation and corporate governance issues and has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Columbia and NYU Law Schools and the Federal Judicial Center. Brad serves on more than 40 public interest, educational, cultural and charitable boards. Brad is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has spent his entire professional career at Paul, Weiss, beginning as a summer associate.