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BakerHostetler Team Earns Litigator of the Week Runner-Up Honors for Gaining New Trial for Death Row Inmate

BakerHostetler Advises Sweden-Based, Publicly Traded Loomis AB in Strategic Acquisition of Burroughs, Inc.

Sarah La Voi, Jamie Kim Comment on Selling Ads on Your Website in Corporate Counsel Article

Elise Elam Participates in Panel at ACLI Compliance & Legal Conference

The BakerHostetler team has recovered more than $14 billion for Madoff’s victims to date and the effort continues. Chris has been instrumental in several discovery and litigation related efforts and is currently a member of the BakerHostetler team litigating the Trustee’s cases against a feeder fund.

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J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2010

B.A., Fordham University, 2003

New York

Bloomberg’s article “Madoff Victims to Get $322 Million in Trustee Payout” acknowledges BakerHostetler attorneys at announcement of fifth distribution plans

CNBC reports on BakerHostetler and the Madoff Recovery Initiative in article Madoff Recoveries Top $10 Billion With New Settlement, “… an amount virtually no one thought possible”

The Associated Press reports on BakerHostetler and the Madoff Recovery Initiative recoveries of $10.5 billion

BakerHostetler talks with USA Today about the SIPA Trustee’s fourth pro rata interim distribution; states Madoff Recovery Initiative nears $6 billion in distributions to allowed claimants

BakerHostetler’s settlement with JPMorgan Chase and the ongoing Madoff Recovery Initiative Discussed on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered

BakerHostetler appears on NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss Madoff Recovery Initiative; host Robert Siegel interviews SIPA Trustee Irving Picard and his Chief Counsel David Sheehan

Madoff Recovery Initiative surpasses $5 billion in distributions to allowed claimants; CNBC’s Scott Cohn discusses latest recovery with BakerHostetler’s SIPA Trustee Irving Picard and his Chief Counsel David Sheehan

Madoff Recovery Initiative Marks Fourth Anniversary … Moves into Fifth Year Still Building Recovery Momentum

BakerHostetler’s work recovering more than half of the losses in the Madoff Ponzi scheme featured on WNYC in interview on The Brian Lehrer Show

Press Release: Second Interim Distribution of Recovered Funds to Madoff Claim Holders

Press Release: United States Supreme Court Denies Certiorari, Upholding Net Equity Decision in BLMIS Liquidation

The Wall Street Journal showcases BakerHostetler and the “unprecedented magnitude” of the global recovery efforts in article “The Madoff Liquidation, Three Years Later”

Press Release: Initial Interim Distribution of Recovered Funds to Madoff Claims Holders

Litigation

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<li>Involved with a variety of investigatory and litigation matters in connection with BakerHostetler’s role as court-appointed counsel to the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.  His work focuses on litigation ranging in size from individual investors to large feeder funds.</li>
<li>Currently a key member of a litigation team seeking to recover funds from a long-standing feeder fund.</li>
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Christopher B. Gallagher

Christopher B. Gallagher

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