Law Firm Powerhouse Paul Weiss Loses Chairman After Epstein Emails Surface

Brad Karp, the longtime chairman of the powerful law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, has resigned from that leadership role amid intense scrutiny over newly revealed communications with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The departure of one of Wall Street’s most influential law firm leaders came this week after the U.S. Department of…