David Karasik

David Karasik joins us as a Visiting Assistant Professor after recently completing a long legal career at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. During his time at the SEC, David worked in multiple divisions, including Enforcement, Examinations, Trading and Markets, and International Affairs. His regulatory work involved establishing and monitoring compliance and governance standards for firms involved in the national system for the clearance and settlement of securities transactions. His enforcement experience covered a wide array of investigations into suspected violations of the Securities Act, Securities Exchange Act, Investment Advisers Act, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: market abuse, fraudulent securities offerings, registration violations, and accounting and disclosure fraud.

David also participated in a one-year rotation program at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as an International Development Analyst for the Office of International Affairs, where he recommended the U.S. voting position on multilateral development banks' development projects. David is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and the University of California at Berkeley and is a member of the California Bar Association.

He looks forward to sharing his practical experience with our students and going back to law school to relearn old (and new) areas from our faculty.

Education

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

J.D., University of Michigan