Gerald Walpin, the Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has pursued a
vigorous effort to investigate and prosecute all persons who betray the public’s trust by defrauding the
Corporation and its programs.
A prominent New York attorney, Walpin was nominated by President
George W. Bush, confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office on
January 8, 2007. He leads the Office of Inspector General (OIG), an
independent Federal agency charged with oversight over the taxpayer-
supported Corporation and its service programs, including AmeriCorps,
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and Senior Corps.
“My major objective is to expand upon the good work of this office by
preventing, detecting and prosecuting all thefts and frauds,” said Walpin.
“The reality is that such misconduct takes precious resources away from
deserving people, the same way the theft of a welfare check hurts a single
mother who needs that money to buy milk for her children. For that reason,
this office will seek out and ensure sanctions for all wrongdoing involving
Walpin said his other major goal is to “assist the Corporation in making its services efficient and accessible
for all national service stakeholders.”
A New York City native, Walpin graduated from College of the City of New York in 1952. He earned his law
degree, cum laude, in 1955 from Yale Law School, where he was managing editor of the Yale Law Journal.
From 1957-60, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General.
His career included a five-year stint as Chief of Prosecutions for the United States Attorney for the Southern
District of New York, where he successfully prosecuted a number of high-profile cases. He spent more than
40 years as senior partner and, more recently, of counsel to New York-based Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
Mr. Walpin has represented a wide range of clients, including large public corporations, securities brokerage
firms, accounting firms, law firms, banks in lender liability claims, and individuals, both American and
foreign, in securities litigations, employment litigations, criminal prosecutions, and investigations by the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Both as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and in his law firm,
he was frequently called upon to investigate fraudulent conduct.
Included in the published compilation “The Best Lawyers in America,” Mr. Walpin served from 20022004 as
president of the Federal Bar Council, the association of attorneys practicing in the Second Circuit Federal
courts. In 2003, he was honored with the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for outstanding
professionalism as an attorney and for mentoring younger lawyers.
Walpin and his wife Sheila, married for more than 50 years, have three children and six grandchildren