Adam Karp

Biography

Adam Karp practices animal law exclusively in Bellingham, Washington. This is Mr. Karp's sixth 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 is currently chair-elect for 2005-2006. He is also the Membership Coordinator of the American Bar Association's Animal Law Committee.

In addition to serving his third year as editor of the Animal Welfare and Law Enforcement report, produced by Animal Legal Reports Services, he is a long-term member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Having been graduated from the Washington Level One Animal Control Academy, he is also a member of the Washington Animal Control Association and National Animal Control Association. He regularly writes for several bar association and trade bulletins on the topic of animal law and routinely speaks around the nation about this area of practice. Occasionally he appears on television, radio, and most recently in TIME magazine.