About Us

Facts

BakerHostetler is one of the nation's top 100 law firms with more than 800 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. BakerHostetler is a multidisciplinary firm with 11 practice groups and more than 55 areas of practice strength. 

BakerHostetler's clients include a variety of individuals and businesses achieving success globally, nationally, regionally and locally. Many are at 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. 

We count among our clients 10 of the FORTUNE 25, along with American institutions such as Major League Baseball and other dynamic companies:

ABC, Inc. * Bayer Corporation * Cardinal Health, Inc. * CNL * Colgate-Palmolive Co. * Corning * ExxonMobil * Ford  * Hyatt * IBM * KLM * KeyCorp * Microsoft Corp. *  Sprint Nextel * The E.W. Scripps Company * The Progressive Corporation * Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. * Trammell Crow Co. * Verizon * Wells Fargo


EXECUTIVE PARTNER
R. Steven Kestner

GROUP CHAIRS
Business – John M. Gherlein, Cleveland
Employment and Labor – David A. Grant, Washington, DC 
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, Jr., Los Angeles
Jeffrey E. Decker, Orlando
David G. Holcombe, Cincinnati
R. Steven Kestner, Cleveland
Tom McDonald, Washington, DC
Lauren J. Resnick, New York
David B. Rivkin, Washington, DC
Hewitt B. Shaw, Jr., Cleveland
George A. Stamboulidis, New York
Raymond A. Sutton Jr., Denver
Gary A. Wadman, Columbus
Daniel R. Warren, Cleveland
W. Ray Whitman, Houston

OFFICE MANAGING PARTNERS
Ronald S. Okada, Chicago
David G. Holcombe, Cincinnati
Hewitt B. Shaw, Jr., Cleveland
Ronald G. Linville, 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
David G. Holcombe, Cincinnati 

ADMINISTRATORS
Chief Financial Officer – Kevin L. Cash
Chief Marketing Officer – David D. Southern
Executive Director of Human Resources – Michele Gray Merrill
Chief Information Officer – Robert E. Craig 
Director of Alumni Relations and Special Projects – Kevin C. McCue