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Facts
Baker Hostetler is one of the nation's top 100 law firms with more than 600 attorneys serving clients around the country and throughout the world. Established in 1916 by Newton D. Baker, U.S. Secretary of War during World War I and former Mayor of Cleveland, the firm now has offices in 11 U.S. cities across four time zones. Baker Hostetler is a multidisciplinary firm with 11 practice groups and more than 55 areas of practice strength.
Baker Hostetler is known as "Counsel to Market Leaders." Our clients include businesses and individuals that are leaders globally, nationally, regionally and locally. Many are in the top of their market segments, and many are household names. Others are leaders of the future - companies with the aspiration and foresight to drive tomorrow's high-growth industries.
Our roster of market-leading clients includes 10 of the FORTUNE 25, along with American institutions such as Major League Baseball and other dynamic companies:
ABC, Inc. * Bayer Corporation * Boeing * Cardinal Health, Inc. * CNL * Colgate-Palmolive Co. * Corning * EDS * ExxonMobil * Ford * Gruner + Jahr * HCA * Hyatt * IBM * KLM * KeyCorp * Microsoft Corp. * Morgan Stanley * Schlumberger * Sprint Nextel * The E.W. Scripps Company * The Progressive Corporation * Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. * Trammell Crow Co. * Verizon * Wachovia
EXECUTIVE PARTNER
R. Steven Kestner
GROUP CHAIRS
Business – John M. Gherlein, Cleveland
Employment and Labor – Ronald G. Linville, Columbus
Intellectual Property, Technology and Media – John H. Weber, Washington, DC
Litigation – W. Ray Whitman, Houston
Tax – Paul M. Schmidt, Washington, DC
POLICY COMMITTEE
Albert T. Adams, Cleveland
John F. Cermak, Los Angeles
Jeffrey E. Decker, Orlando
Daniel J. Gunsett, Columbus
R. Steven Kestner, Cleveland
Tom McDonald, Washington, DC
John D. Parker, Cleveland
David B. Rivkin, Washington, DC
Hewitt B. Shaw, Jr., Cleveland
George A. Stamboulidis, New York
Raymond L. Sutton, Jr., Denver
Daniel R. Warren, Cleveland
W. Ray Whitman, Houston
Alec Wightman, Columbus
OFFICE MANAGING PARTNERS
Ronald S. Okada, Chicago
David G. Holcombe, Cincinnati
Hewitt B. Shaw, Jr., Cleveland
Daniel J. Gunsett, Columbus
George T. Mooradian, Costa Mesa
Raymond L. Sutton, Jr., Denver
Lisa H. Pennington, Houston
John F. Cermak, Los Angeles
George A. Stamboulidis, New York
James V. Etscorn, Orlando
Jeffrey H. Paravano, Washington, DC
LEGAL SERVICES PARTNER
Richard T. Fulton, Orlando
ADMINISTRATORS
Chief Financial Officer – Kevin L. Cash
Director of Human Resources – Michele Gray Merrill
Director of Information Services and Chief Information Officer – Robert E. Craig
Chief Marketing Officer – Kevin C. McCue
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