Credentials

For more detail, see About Mr. Karp.

Bachelor of Arts, Honors Program, Gonzaga University (1995)

Juris Doctor & Master’s Degree (Statistics), University of Washington (1998, 2000)

Licensed in Washington since 1998

Licensed in Idaho since 2012

Admitted in Oregon in 2001

Licensed in Hawai’i since 2022

Admitted to:

United States District Court, Western & Eastern District of Washington (2002)
United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Washington (2003)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2010)
United States District Court, District of Idaho (2012)
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho (2012)
United States District Court, District of Oregon (2013)
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon (2013)
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals (2019)
United States District Court, District of Hawai’i (2022)

Editor, Animal Legal Reports Services, Animal Welfare & Law Enforcement Report (2003 – 2009)

Founder, Washington State Bar Association Animal Law Section

Founder, Idaho State Bar Association Animal Law Practice Section

Member, Vegan Society International Rights Network

Member, ABA Animal Law Committee & International Animal Law Committee

Vice Chair, American Bar Association/TIPS Animal Law Committee (2004-2022)

Member: Washington Association for Justice, Hawaii Association for Justice, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association

Award:
2012 Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award, issued by American Bar Association, TIPS Section, Animal Law Committee

2019 International Society for Animal Rights SEEDS Award

2020 Fellow of the American Bar Foundation