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Prairie Gates

(7,503 posts)
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 10:57 PM 9 hrs ago

Brad Karp Resigns as Paul Weiss Chairman Amid Epstein Fallout

Source: The New York Times

Brad Karp, the longtime chairman of Paul Weiss, one of the nation’s top corporate law firms, suddenly resigned on Wednesday evening after a series of embarrassing emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier, became public in recent days.

The law firm’s statement announcing Mr. Karp’s resignation gave no explanation for his decision. But it included a quote from him saying, “Recent reporting has created a distraction and has placed a focus on me that is not in the best interests of the firm.”

In recent weeks, a number of top business executives, academics and politicians have faced negative attention stemming from email and text conversations they had with Mr. Epstein long after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor girl and registered as a sex offender.

Mr. Karp had been under intense scrutiny within the broader legal community after Paul Weiss reached a deal last year with President Trump to resolve an executive order that could have harmed its business. He had appeared to weather the storm.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/brad-karp-paul-weiss-resigns-epstein.html



This schiffoso sold out his whole firm to Trump, probably under threat of blackmail, and then the blackmail came out anyway and he's now gotta resign. I love that for him.

Fuck Brad Karp.
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Brad Karp Resigns as Paul Weiss Chairman Amid Epstein Fallout (Original Post) Prairie Gates 9 hrs ago OP
When I first read this, I read his last name as "krap" and thought how apt. niyad 9 hrs ago #1
Yeah, raping children or befriending pedophiles Buddyzbuddy 9 hrs ago #2
Paul Weiss just opened a Houston office LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #3
I suspect he won't popsdenver 8 hrs ago #4
Paul Weiss' largest client is Apollo whose leader is or used to be Leon Black LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #5
Well, that's sure tiptoeing 'round the tulips. calimary 7 hrs ago #6
The firm may have a golden opportunity swong19104 7 hrs ago #7
It's certainly a lesson to anyone else Trumpco try to extort Prairie Gates 23 min ago #10
LOL... irony BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #8
damn can only rec this once !!!!! RANDYWILDMAN 6 hrs ago #9

Buddyzbuddy

(2,305 posts)
2. Yeah, raping children or befriending pedophiles
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 11:09 PM
9 hrs ago

tends not to be in the best interests of law firms. Or, so I've heard.

LetMyPeopleVote

(176,503 posts)
3. Paul Weiss just opened a Houston office
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 11:51 PM
8 hrs ago

My oldest is at another major law firm. I heard that they hired an attorney from Kirkland at $20 million. Now Houston has offices for all of the major National firms

LetMyPeopleVote

(176,503 posts)
5. Paul Weiss' largest client is Apollo whose leader is or used to be Leon Black
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:21 AM
8 hrs ago

Paul Weiss has 50+ partners doing Apollo work. Leon black got his start with Mike Millikan/Drexel Burnham. Black is tied to Epstein. Apollo has other senior people tied to Epstein. There will be more fallout for Paul Weiss due to Epstein

calimary

(89,279 posts)
6. Well, that's sure tiptoeing 'round the tulips.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:52 AM
7 hrs ago

“…creating a DISTRACTION”, you say, dude???

Now THERE’S a comment for the ages.

swong19104

(591 posts)
7. The firm may have a golden opportunity
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 01:22 AM
7 hrs ago

If they can claim the agreement with Trump was done through blackmail, and, they will do everything they can to destroy this criminal organization in the executive branch of the federal government, then after their victory, they may repair their reputation. May.

Prairie Gates

(7,503 posts)
10. It's certainly a lesson to anyone else Trumpco try to extort
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:08 AM
23 min ago

It's going to come out anyway. Trump is completely unreliable and untrustworthy.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,136 posts)
9. damn can only rec this once !!!!!
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 02:00 AM
6 hrs ago
for all the people who said NOTHING would come from releasing the Epstein files
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