When he became an associate at the firm, he was mentored by Simon Rifkind, who helped envision New Deal programs and fought for needy Holocaust survivors, and Arthur Liman, who investigated the Attica prison uprising.
“Paul Weiss has always been known for its willingness to do the right thing, to fight for justice and fairness, to represent the underdog, to give back to the community, to take on important matters of social justice, pro bono,” Karp told the New York Law Journal. “These were attributes that made the firm attractive to me when I joined as a summer associate in 1983 and these values have become part of my and the firm’s DNA that I feel duty-bound to protect as chair.”
