DENVER, CO – June 16, 2009 – Baker Hostetler announced today the expansion of its Litigation Practice with the addition of partner D.J. Poyfair in the firm's Denver office. Mr. Poyfair, who was a member of Baker Hostetler from 1985 to 1994, was most recently a partner at Polsinelli Shughart PC.
In his practice, Mr. Poyfair represents corporate and individual clients in complex business matters before state and federal courts throughout the U.S. His geographically diverse practice focuses on the areas of securities litigation, trade secret litigation, class action and multi-district litigation, direct selling litigation and technology litigation. He also has handled numerous state and federal regulatory matters including investigations and litigation.
"We are very happy to welcome D.J. back to our office," said Ray Sutton, Managing Partner of Baker Hostetler's Denver office. "He has built his reputation on providing responsive service and cutting-edge legal work and his knowledge and experience will significantly strengthen the level of service we provide to our clients. His addition is another example of the firm’s commitment to investing in both the practices and markets which support our national platform," said Sutton.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Poyfair has taught trial and deposition skills to lawyers across the nation for over two decades. He is a long time faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and serves as team leader for NITA's Southern Deposition Program, Pacific Regional Skills Program, Litigating Before the United States Tax Court Program and the Rocky Mountain Deposition Skills Program.
He has also served as faculty in the National Trial Skills Program, the Robert Hanley Master Advocates Program and the Pacific Regional Master Advocates Program. In addition, Mr. Poyfair has presented numerous in-house trial skills programs for the Internal Revenue Service, and various national law firms such as King & Spalding and Cleary Gottlieb.
About Baker Hostetler Founded over 90 years ago in 1916, Baker Hostetler is among the nation’s 100 largest law firms with 600 attorneys coast to coast. The firm has 10 offices nationwide: New York, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Costa Mesa, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Orlando and Washington, D.C. Its five primary practice groups are Business, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Tax. # # #
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