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Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr.

Fernando Bohorquez handles an array of business and commercial litigation, intellectual property disputes and white collar investigations. While at Baker Hostetler, Mr. Bohorquez has successfully represented various corporate and institutional clients, including media and telecommunications companies, health and beauty care industry corporations, pharmaceutical companies and other businesses. He also regularly advises Internet and digital media clients regarding intellectual property and corporate formation issues.

He has knowledge and experience with all procedural phases of civil litigation, from pre-trial litigation—in particular e-discovery and motion practice—to mediation, arbitration, trial and appeals. He manages and leads complex commercial and intellectual property litigation teams including contract, partnership, and fiduciary duty disputes, business tort litigations, false advertising, unfair competition and deceptive practice cases. Currently, Mr. Bohorquez leads various litigation teams on behalf of the SIPA Trustee in Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. He has represented and counseled individuals, former corporate executives and non-profit board members in state and federal regulatory and criminal investigations and former government officials in Bivens actions, including in Iqbal v. Ashcroft.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Bohorquez clerked for the Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Before clerking, Mr. Bohorquez was a fellow at the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center where he represented various civil rights and consumer rights groups before the FCC, FTC and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on an array of public interest media law issues.

Mr. Bohorquez is an active member of the legal and non-profit community and has held and continues to hold leadership positions in various civic organizations, including:

• Chair, New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Civil Rights
• Board Member, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
• Executive Committee Member, NY Chapter American Constitution Society
• NY Region In-House Committee Co-Chair and National Mentoring Program Committee, Hispanic National Bar Association
• Fellow, Council of Urban Professionals
• Board Member, Limon Dance Company
• Board Member, Fund for Modern Courts
• New York Law School, Alumni Mentor Program
• Represent pro bono clients in connection with NYC Bar Justice Center’s Special Registration Project, Immigrant Women & Children’s Program and National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children
• Miller Coors Lideres 2010 Finalist
• Hispanic National Bar Association Top Lawyers Under 40
• Awarded by the New York Law School’s Latino Law Student Association

Mr. Bohorquez is a frequent speaker on panels concerning electronic discovery and law firm diversity initiatives. In 2006 Mr. Bohorquez was honored by the New York Law School (NYLS) for his commitment to public service in the Latino community; he was nominated as a Miller Coors “Lider of the Year” in 2010; and in 2011 he was named one of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) “Top Lawyers Under 40.”

Mr. Bohorquez’s publications include:

• Article: “How to Keep the ‘Cloud’ From Bursting in Litigation,” The National Law Journal (Dec 2010), co-author with Alberto Rodriguez
• Editor: “Guantánamo and Beyond: A Blog on Executive Detention, National Security and Due Process”
• Article: “Report on Executive Detention, Habeas Corpus and the Military Commissions Act of 2006,” New York State Bar Association Committee on Civil Rights (May 2008)
• Article: “Challenges to Challenging The Patriot Act,” New York State Bar Association Journal (March 2005)
• Article: “The Price of PICS,” New York Law School Law Review (January 1999)

Mr. Bohorquez is conversant in Spanish.