Education
- B.A., University of California
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School
About
Visiting Assistant Professor David Karasik teaches Federal Securities Regulation during the Fall 2025 semester. From 1997 to 2025, Professor Karasik served in a variety of roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. 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. He also provided extensive international enforcement and technical assistance cooperation, where he helped obtain foreign and domestic investigative evidence and counseled on litigation issues such as service of process and enforcement of judgments.
Professor Karasik 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.
Professor Karasik has written articles, led training of numerous international securities and other law enforcement practitioners, and offered guest lectures and spoken on international panels on corruption, fraud schemes, whistleblowing, investor education, and international investigative cooperation.
Professor Karasik is a member of the California Bar Association.
Additional Information
J.D.:
- Federal Securities Regulation 5753
Editor, The Detection of Foreign Bribery, Chapter 2, “The Role of Whistleblowers and Whistleblower Protection, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development” (2017).
Staff Counsel, “Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding [Between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority] Concerning Consultation, Cooperation and the Exchange of Information Related to Market Oversight and the Supervision of Financial Services Firms” (2019).
David R. Karasik, Securing the Peace Dividend in the Middle East: Amending GATT Article XXIV to Allow Sectoral Trade Preferences in Free Trade Areas, 18 Mich. J. Int’L L. 527 (1997).