Brad S. Karp > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Offices
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
NEW YORK
United States
1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
NEW YORK
United States
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Brad S. Karp
212-373-3316 bkarp@paulweiss.com
Work Department
Litigation, Cybersecurity & Data Protection, Financial Institutions, Insurance, International Arbitration, Securities Litigation, White Collar & Regulatory Defense
Position
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1984 cum laude
B.A., Union College, 1981 summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
(Hall of Fame)United States > Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
(Leading trial lawyers)Brad S. Karp 
at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, who acts as the firm’s chair, is a strong litigator and has a particularly strong reputation in the sports domain. Karp acts for a number of large, global banks which recently included Credit Suisse. Karp is also active in the entertainment industry and went to trial for a multibillion-dollar shareholder class action and derivative action case involving CBS Corp in 2023. Karp is also prominent in financial services litigation, demonstrating his versatility as a trial lawyer.
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
(Hall of Fame)United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
(Hall of Fame)Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Leading trial lawyers United States > Dispute resolution
- Leading trial lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism