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Mr. Karp exclusively practices animal law statewide from Bellingham, Washington. Having graduated from Gonzaga University with a B.A. Honors, and University of Washington with a J.D. and M.S. in statistics, this is his twelfth year actively practicing law. He founded and served as first chair of the new Washington State Bar Association's Animal Law Section for 2002-2003 and has held executive committee positions since its formation. He is also a vicechair of the American Bar Association's Animal Law Committee. Mr. Karp served six years as a contributing editor of the Animal Legal Report, produced by Animal Legal Reports Services (www.animallegalreports.com), regularly writes on the topic of animal law, and routinely speaks around the nation about animal law, including at Yale, Harvard, Vanderbilt, and Vermont Law School. He has taught animal law at the University of Washington School of Law since 2004 and Seattle University School of Law since 2004, and is scheduled to teach at both schools again in upcoming years. He has been quoted in TIME, the National Law Journal, the ABA Journal, and other periodicals, including a dedicated article on his practice in the Seattle Times.
Mr. Karp has co-authored the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section’s Survey on Animal Tort and Insurance Law for three consecutive years, recently published an article in Thomson West’s Causes of Action pertaining to injuries to animals by animals (38 COA.2d 281 (2008)), recently completed a second article to be published in Causes of Action pertaining to injuries to animals by humans (to be published in 2010), is contracted to work on a third article to be published in Causes of Action pertaining to Section 1983 claims involving injury to an animal, as well as an article to be published in Am. Jur. Trials pertaining to veterinary malpractice litigation.
He has chaired several animal law CLEs hosted by the WSBA, and has been a speaker at over 30 CLEs and conferences around the nation, all on the subject of animal law.
With positive results, he has argued before the Washington Court of Appeals on the subject of animal law, resulting in some decisions that many regard as seminal. Lastly, Mr. Karp has served as an arbitrator eight times since 2006.
Mr. Karp and his wife are vegan and care for five cats, ages 1, 2, 14, 17, and 23.
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