BakerHostetler

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• 'B&H is one of the most successful litigation firms in the market, including in the international litigation area. Over four decades, it had two top ten jury verdicts for the decades. It also had precedent setting legal cases that can be found in legal treatises on sovereign debt, sovereign immunity, and other subjects. The team has five partners with lead counsel experience and 30 high quality lawyers and paralegals. B&H is one of the first firms to institute AI legal research and maintains high quality technological advances to make its work more efficient.’

• ‘Sashe Dimitroff, Marco Molina, Paul Levine, Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, and Analia Gonzalez are all experienced first-chair litigators who have a long history of successful cases.’

• ‘Oren Warshavsky, Michelle Usilato and Tatiana Markel are a stellar team and a pleasure to work with.’

• ‘Oren Warshavsky is the lead lawyer, he has a very good sense how to deal with relevant persons in a trial (judge, opposing counsel), never too harsh but determined to get the best results for the client. A pleasure to watch him in court. Tatiana Markel is a very seasoned lawyer who has great skills in presenting complicated facts and legal arguments in an easy to digest manner. ’

• ‘The team at Baker Hostetler thinks outside the box and strategises to find creative solutions for their clients. They are not afraid to adopt novel approaches or arguments and often take on difficult and complex cases and get great results for their clients. They are extremely easy to co-counsel with. Through being counsel on Madoff for the trustee, they have been at the fore of many firsts when it comes to fraud asset recovery and enforcement of judgments. Their reputation is second to none. They are a firm you want in your corner advocating for your client’

• ‘They have several stand out individuals including Oren Warshavsky who is an exceptional litigator who gets results and is not afraid to take on challenging and difficult cases. Tatiana Markel is exceptionally bright and is able to think laterally to find solutions to her client's problems. Michelle Usitalo is excellent and a joy to work with. She understands the issues and is able to identify the evidence and information needed in cross border cases. The three of them make a formidable team. ’

Key clients

• Irving H. Picard, Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation
• TGG Direct
• Scott Schreer as the Security Holder Representative of the Securityholders of Audiam, Inc
• Kevin Hellard and Mike Saville, in their capacity as Joint Liquidators of Hellas Telecommunications (Luxembourg) II SCA
• The Susan Zirkl Memorial Foundation Trust and Michael Lissner, Esq., as Trustee and Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (which is the Jewish Community of Vienna)
• Mathew Clingerman as Receiver for M3 Fund, a segregated account of Silk Road Funds
• Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office
• Mahim Khan and Lauren Reeves
• Alpha Group, International
• Jive Investments
• Kevin Hellard and Jonathan Thielmann, Joint Trustees in Bankruptcy of Anatoly Leonidovich Motylev

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