David S. Karp

Professor Karp is a senior counsel in the Enforcement Division of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., where he investigates a broad range of domestic and international securities violations. Before joining the SEC, Professor Karp was associated with the law firms of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, where he participated in internal investigations of national and multinational companies in response to allegations of accounting fraud and violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and represented cooperating witnesses and defendants in parallel criminal and civil investigations and at federal criminal trials. Professor Karp also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Jan E. DuBois, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.