Joshua P. Galper

Joshua P. Galper is a partner in Orrick's Washington, D.C., office, the co-leader of the firm's Public Strategies and Crisis Practice and a member of the Litigation Group.

Mr. Galper assists clients with problems and issues at the intersection of the law, the media and policy.  He focuses on managing and mitigating legal, media and political risks for strategic and high-profile issues through legal, policy, communications and crisis management advice.  Mr. Galper regularly counsels clients in civil, securities, commercial and criminal litigation, congressional and regulatory investigations, and business, transactional, employment and environmental matters. 

Mr. Galper's clients include public and private U.S. and multinational companies across a broad range of industries, including telecommunications, hospitality, travel, entertainment, life sciences, accounting, investment management, financial services, private equity, real estate development, higher education and emerging technology.  He also advises nonprofits, municipalities, individuals and a Native American tribe.

Mr. Galper has extensive experience in political communications, speechwriting and strategy honed in presidential, statewide, congressional and municipal campaigns, as well as on Capitol Hill and in a governor's office.  In 2004 and 2008, he was a member of the onsite speechwriting teams at the Democratic National Convention, where he worked with podium speakers to draft their speeches and help them with their presentations. 

Outside Orrick, Mr. Galper is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a class on crisis management and strategic communications.  He has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the Executive Committee of the Yale Law School Association, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's D.C. Metropolitan Area Chapter.

Admitted in

• District of Columbia
• Illinois

Court Admissions

• District of Columbia Circuit

• District of Columbia

Memberships

• Council on Foreign Relations, Term Member (2002-2007)
• Yale Law School Association Executive Committee
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Board of Directors for the D.C. Metropolitan Area Chapter

Multimedia

Publications

• "Lessons Tiger Never Learned," The Huffington Post, Jan. 14, 2010.
• Co-Author with Lanny Davis and Adam Goldberg, "Effective Management of High-Profile Corporate Crises: Why Attorneys with Privilege Must Take the Lead," Bloomberg, October 9, 2006.

Speeches & Programs

• "The Tiger Woods Saga: Legal Issues, Privacy Rights and Endorsement Contracts," Lawyer2Lawyer podcast on Legal Talk Network (December 2009)
• Co-Presenter with Adam Goldberg, CLE Six-Part Teleconference Series, "Crisis Prevention and Crisis Management" (2009)
• Panelist, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, Summer Intern Career Series (2009)
• Moderator, Tribal Finance and Economic Development Conference, "Federal and State Legislative and Legal Update," Catoosa, OK (2009)
• Speaker, Junior Statesmen of America, Mid-Atlantic Congress, "The 2008 Election and the Importance of Public and Community Service," Washington, D.C. (2009)
• Speaker, International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus Annual Conference, "Crisis Prevention and Management," Boston, MA (2004)
• Panelist, Investor Relations Society Annual Conference, "Dealing With Gossip and Rumours," London (2004)