Leonard Karp
Karp & Weiss PC
LEONARD KARP, ESQ., Karp & Weiss, P.C.; graduated from Law School at the University of Arizona in 1965; is a senior partner in the law firm of Karp & Weiss, P.C., in Tucson, Arizona; Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) (Board of Governors, 1999-2008; Chapter President, 2013-2014, 2021-2022); Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers (1994-present); member of International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) (2007-present); member of the American Bar Association - Family Law & Litigation Sections - Co-Chair of the Marital Torts & Domestic Violence Committee; Pima County Domestic Relations Bar/Bench Committee; Consultant to the Family Law Reporter; member of the Editorial Board of Divorce Litigation (1989-2005); frequent national speaker and panelist at domestic relations and family law seminars; authored "Sexual Domestic Torts, Transmission of Contagious Diseases" for the 1987 winter edition of American Law Journal; Spousal Tort Litigation for Divorce Litigation, March 1990 issue; “Federal Law & Domestic Violence: the Legacy of the Violence Against Women’s Act” in Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1999; Intrafamilial Torts & Crimes edition of Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1994 – article entitled “Spousal Infliction of Emotional Distress…Beyond the Normal Ebb & Flow of Family Life”; “Civil Relief for Uncivil Behavior: Domestic Tort Causes of Action” in American Bar Association's Family Advocate in Fall 2016; Domestic Torts for Fairshare, April, 1990 issue; co-authored an award winning book entitled Domestic Torts: Family Violence, Conflict, and Sexual Abuse with his wife, Cheryl Karp, Ph.D., published by Shepard's McGraw-Hill in June, 1989 as part of their Family Law Series (Supp. 2000); listed as one of the top 1% of family law practitioners in America in Best Lawyers in America (1987-present) and named as Tucson’s Family Lawyer of the Year in 2012 by Best Lawyers in America; selected as one of the top lawyers in the Southwest by superlawyers.com; and has been rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell for 30 years (1987-present). Mr. Karp is considered one of the foremost legal authorities concerning civil litigation regarding domestic violence, spousal abuse and child molestation. Mr. Karp is the recipient of the 2014 State Bar of Arizona Award for outstanding contributions to the practice of family law in the State of Arizona.
