Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Joe Karp is a partner in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.

Joe focuses his practice on regulatory, transactional and project development matters, primarily in the Energy sector. He handles natural gas and electricity issues in the United States, represents municipal entities in wholesale electricity purchase transactions, and represents electricity generators in connection with electricity sales, fuel supply, interconnection, transmission and other areas. Karp represents developers and power purchasers in matters involving wind, solar, biomass, landfill gas, geothermal and other technologies. He regularly represents the California Wind Energy Association, natural gas fired generators and investor-owned water utilities in regulatory proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

J.D., Harvard University, 1989, cum laude

B.A., Binghamton University, 1986