Jeremy E. Karpel is the founder of Karpel Law Group, an exclusively criminal defense boutique law practice serving clients throughout Southern California. He devotes his practice to defending individuals facing criminal investigations, formal charges, and complex state and federal prosecutions.
Mr. Karpel is devoted to defending criminal accusations, formal charges, and providing legal counseling to the accused. He represents clients facing simple misdemeanors as well as complex felony and violent crime allegations throughout California.
Mr. Karpel provides strategic guidance for individuals who have learned they are under investigation, offering pre-charge and investigative defense before prosecutors decide whether to file formal charges.
Within his White Collar Criminal Defense & Government Investigations practice, he has defended attorneys, healthcare professionals, licensed insurance agents, real estate and brokerage professionals, teachers, business owners, executives, and business entities. He also routinely advises clients during the earliest stages of criminal investigations through pre-charge and investigative defense, often before formal charges are filed.
Mr. Karpel has been commended by clients for his calming demeanor, creative and practical resolutions, personalized attention, and ability to communicate effectively with clients, prosecutors, judges, and investigators. He is routinely called upon for pre-file consulting, advocacy, and legal counseling in matters where early strategic guidance can make a meaningful difference.
Before focusing exclusively on criminal defense, Mr. Karpel was also a licensed Private Investigator. For more than a decade, he has managed and directed complex criminal matters alongside investigators, forensic experts, and other specialists.
He has extensive experience with high-profile and complex investigations and has received training in interview techniques and police procedures. His investigative background, combined with his proactive use of investigators throughout the defense process, has become an important part of the firm’s approach to preparing criminal cases.
Since 2018, Mr. Karpel has served as a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University, Northridge.
Over the years, he has taught hundreds of students in courses including Introduction to Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Systems, White Collar Crime, Criminal Courts, Legal Ethics, Criminal Justice & Society, Criminology, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Investigations.
Mr. Karpel regularly serves as a Consulting Producer and Technical Consultant for film and television productions involving crime and the legal system. He is called upon to provide creative and technical expertise, original story development, script notes, courtroom guidance, legal terminology, criminal procedure, real-life courtroom dynamics, correctional procedures, and crime scene practices for both scripted and unscripted productions.
Mr. Karpel is licensed to practice before all California state courts, the United States District Courts for the Central, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California, and the California Supreme Court.
He has experience handling both state and federal criminal defense matters throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern, and Monterey Counties.
Mr. Karpel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Law & Society (Criminal Justice) from the University of California, Santa Barbara before receiving his Juris Doctor from Glendale University College of Law, where he served on Law Review and was elected Student Body President.
Earlier in his legal career, Mr. Karpel worked with the United States Attorney’s Office (Department of Justice) in Washington, D.C., the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office, and the County Jail’s Own Recognizance Unit.
He is a member of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association Criminal Law Section and the Los Angeles County Bar Association Criminal Law Section.
Mr. Karpel represents clients across a broad range of criminal matters, including misdemeanor offenses, felony charges, violent crimes, white collar investigations, and complex federal criminal cases.
Whether a client is facing a first-time misdemeanor, a serious felony allegation, or a complex financial investigation, Mr. Karpel approaches every case with careful preparation, direct communication, and a defense strategy tailored to the specific facts and goals of the individual client.
If you are facing a criminal investigation or have been charged with a crime, contact Karpel Law Group to schedule a confidential consultation and discuss your situation with Jeremy E. Karpel.
