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Currently serving as the New York Litigation Leader, Fernando has a deep knowledge and experience with all phases of civil litigation, managing large-scale cases in high-profile and high-pressure environments. He leverages these skill sets, as well as his extended networks inside and outside the firm, to serve as a trusted adviser to a variety of technology and adtech companies on business law, contracts, litigation, intellectual property, digital advertising and privacy and data security. He is a frequent speaker on digital advertising, privacy and data security, electronic discovery and law firm diversity initiatives, and has published several articles and blogs on online advertising and marketing, Internet-related intellectual property issues and electronic discovery. Fernando is presently a partner-in-residence for the Cross-Measurement Council of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).

Fernando is also deeply committed to civic engagement, public service and the New York City community. He was nominated by the President of the New York City Bar to serve as the City Bar’s representative on the board of the New York Community Trust, which is responsible for over $200 million in annual grants to over 5,000 NYC non-profits. Fernando is a former member of the Conflicts of Interest Board of New York City, which oversees the ethics laws applicable to all New York City government officials and employees. He serves and has served on several non-profit boards, focusing his time on pipeline efforts developing and mentoring the next generation of diverse civic leaders and the civil rights of the Latinx and immigrant community.

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LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center, 2001

J.D., New York Law School, 1999, 

B.A., University of Delaware, 1995

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<li>City &amp; State New York 
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<li>Power of Diversity: Latino 100 (2022 and 2023)</li>
<li>Responsible 100 (2022)</li>
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<li>National Bar Association &#8220;Top 40 Under 40 – Nation&#8217;s Best Advocates&#8221; (2017)</li>
<li>Council of Urban Professionals
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<li>Catalyst (2012)</li>
<li>Fellow (2010)</li>
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<li>Hispanic National Bar Association &#8220;Top Lawyers Under 40&#8221; (2010)</li>
<li>Miller Coors Lideres Finalist (2010)</li>
<li>New York Metro Super Lawyers
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<li>&#8220;Super Lawyer&#8221; (2013 to 2022, 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2011 to 2012)</li>
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Fernando Bohorquez, Aaron Goodman, Kathryn Prince Author Article on PETs for Interactive Advertising Bureau

Fernando Bohorquez named to NY Latino 100 for 2nd year in a row

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The Post-Cookie Digital Advertising Landscape: Planning for Privacy Compliance in Unsettled Terrain

Fernando Bohorquez, Jerry Ferguson and Priyanka Surapaneni Author Article About Post-Cookie Digital Advertising

Hispanic Heritage Month Reception

BakerHostetler Sponsors Asian American Bar Association Annual Dinner

A Digital Advertising Primer on Preparing for the Post-Cookie World: Part Four

Fernando Bohorquez Jr. and Jerry Ferguson Named IAB Partners in Residence

A Digital Advertising Primer on Preparing for the Post-Cookie World: Part Three

A Digital Advertising Primer on Preparing for the Post-Cookie World: Part Two

Linda Goldstein, Gerald Ferguson, Fernando Bohorquez, Jeewon Serrato, Justin Yedor Discuss AdTech Regulation and Compliance

A Digital Advertising Primer on Preparing for the Post-Cookie World: Part One

150 BakerHostetler Attorneys Named 2016 Super Lawyers; 91 Named Rising Stars

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

The New York Times reports on BakerHostetler’s negotiation and settlement with the Picower Estate for $5 billion in the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

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<li>Provides data privacy and security compliance and privacy-by-design advice, product and services intellectual property and contract risk-mitigation counseling, and technology contract advice to first-in-class ad fraud, viewability, brand safety/suitability and contextual advertising technology public company.</li>
<li>Serves as general counsel to ad tech programmatic and publishing vendors on wide range of corporate, intellectual property strategy, data privacy, contract and litigation matters.</li>
<li>Integrally involved as a lead attorney for BakerHostetler’s court-appointed representation of Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee Irving H. Picard for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC in efforts to recover assets for the Fund of Customer Property. Is a core member of the strategy team supervising the global investigation and litigation of hundreds of actions seeking the recovery of fraudulent transfers for equitable distribution to the defrauded customers filed by the Trustee in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York against financial institutions, money managers, insiders and sophisticated investors.</li>
<li>Represented a senior government official in Iqbal v. Ashcroft, involving constitutional and statutory challenges to the detention policies following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, resulting in a favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the pleading standards required to bring actions in federal court.</li>
<li>Managed a large-scale, multidisciplinary team in Lanham Act litigation against numerous competitors of a leading client in the prepaid calling card industry.</li>
<li>Managed a large-scale litigation team in Lanham Act claims against a competitor trademarking distributor for a beauty care industry client.</li>
<li>Serves as general counsel to a preeminent New York City-based civic tech think tank non-profit.</li>
<li>Serves as general counsel to an innovative civic tech non-profit in the housing and tenant rights space.</li>
<li>Regularly provides pre-litigation, privacy and contract counsel to a leading ed tech coaching platform.</li>
<li>Serves as U.S. general counsel to a Swiss-based AI enterprise-level technology company on a wide range of corporate, intellectual property and employment matters.</li>
<li>Serves as U.S. general counsel to a Colombian-based financial services technology consulting company on a wide range of corporate, contract, intellectual property strategy and enforcement, and employment matters.</li>
<li>Serves as U.S. general counsel to an international digital ad agency company on corporate, data privacy and employment matters.</li>
<li>Regularly advises technology startup founders in internal and external business disputes, including intellectual property litigation and enforcement, privacy, employee terminations, trade secrets and customer contracts.</li>
<li>Regularly provides risk analysis and pre-litigation counseling to social media platforms on data use cases and user-generated social media content concerning potential Lanham Act, copyright, trademark and regulatory exposure.</li>
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Fernando A. Bohorquez Jr.

Fernando A. Bohorquez Jr.

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