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John Carney Chairs and Speaks, Jimmy Fokas Speaks at PLI Basics of Accounting for Lawyers 2025

Webinar Series: Transforming Legacy Management Experience

Rebecca Schrote Presents on APEX Depositions at Columbus Bar Association CLE Session

To Help the New Administration Help Your Industry, You Need an Agency Strategy (Real Estate Finance Journal)

In addition to his practice, Frank is a regular contributor to BakerHostetler’s year-end Cross-Border, Government Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Review, providing news and commentary on recent investigations and enforcement proceedings, trends and issues of interest.

He also serves as an adjunct professor of law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where he draws upon his experience to teach and mentor law students learning the practical skills they will need to become effective litigators.

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

B.B.A., Hofstra University, 2007, 

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<li>New York Metro Super Lawyers &#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2015 to 2024)</li>
<li><em>The Best Lawyers in America®</em>
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<li>&#8220;Ones to Watch&#8221; in New York for Litigation &#8211; Securities (2023 to 2025)</li>
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Hundreds of BakerHostetler Attorneys Honored as 2023 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch and Lawyers of the Year

Second Circuit Reverses Lower Courts, Preserves Madoff Trustee’s Ability To Pursue $3.75 Billion of Stolen Customer Property

2017 Year-End Securities Litigation and Enforcement Highlights

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

<i>Bloomberg’s</i> 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”

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

BakerHostetler talks with <i>USA Today</i> 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 <i>All Things Considered</i>

BakerHostetler appears on NPR’s <i>All Things Considered</i> 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 <i>The Brian Lehrer Show</i>

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

<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> 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

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<h5>Bankruptcy</h5>
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<li>Senior member of the BakerHostetler team working as counsel in the representation of Trustee Irving H. Picard for the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Focuses on the investigation of and litigation against corporate entities and feeder funds in connection with the SIPA Trustee&#8217;s efforts to recover funds for the BLMIS estate. The team’s efforts have led to the recovery of more than $13 billion in assets from Madoff’s decades-old Ponzi scheme, the largest financial crime in U.S. history.</li>
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<h5>Government Investigations and Enforcement Proceedings</h5>
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<li>Member of the team that represented a former London-based J.P. Morgan managing director whose cooperation was sought in the investigation related to a multibillion-dollar trading loss for the bank. Through aggressive defense of the client, the team secured a rare non-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department and agreements with other regulatory authorities, which enabled the client to cooperate with federal prosecutors in the continuing investigations.</li>
<li>Member of the team that secured the dismissal of a multibillion-dollar securities fraud class action against a former Pfizer medical director named as an individual defendant on the eve of trial in federal district court.</li>
<li>Represented an individual subject to an insider trading investigation who had invested in a securities company prior to its acquisition by a major private equity firm.</li>
<li>Conducted an expedited internal investigation of a registered investment adviser.</li>
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<h5>Commercial Litigation</h5>
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<li>Secured $7.8 million for a North Carolina telecommunications company as payment for an arbitration award entered by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the international arm of the American Arbitration Association.</li>
<li>Currently representing an investment management firm and its senior management against trade secrets and other commercial claims brought in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.</li>
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