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Analysis of Texas House Bill 21 – Property Tax Exemptions for Housing Finance Corporations Owning Affordable Housing

BakerHostetler Assists Hornblower Group with Travel + Leisure Partnership

BakerHostetler Team Advises Altaline Capital Management, LLC in Investment in Brazos Safety Systems, LLC

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

Gil also is experienced in coordinating and leading the defense of multijurisdictional and multiparty disputes – including disputes involving a mix of government and private plaintiffs – and in developing and implementing litigation risk-reduction strategies before litigation is filed.

Gil’s national trial practice benefits from his experience in electronic discovery. He brings a practical approach to e-discovery that recognizes the importance of focused advocacy in addressing the burdens, costs and opportunities of discovery in modern complex litigation. Clients and peers recognize Gil as “a notable electronic discovery expert with significant trial experience.” (Chambers USA 2018)

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E-Discovery

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1989, 

B.S., Cornell University, 1986

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<li>Lawdragon, 500 Leading Litigators in America: Commercial Litigation (2025)</li>
<li>National Law Journal&#8217;s Verdicts Hall of Fame (2021)</li>
<li>Chambers Global
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<li>E-Discovery and Information Governance (USA)
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<li>Band 4 (2020, 2022 to 2023, 2025)</li>
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<li>Litigation: E-Discovery (USA)
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<li>Band 4 (2019)</li>
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<li>Chambers USA
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<li>E-Discovery and Information Governance, Nationwide
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<li>Band 4 (2024)</li>
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<li>Litigation: E-Discovery, Nationwide (2014 to 2022)
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<li>Band 4 (2018 to 2022), Recognized Practitioner (2014 to 2016)</li>
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<li>National Law Journal &#8220;Litigation Trailblazer&#8221; (2016)</li>
<li>2016 “Top 50 Verdict,” National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers report</li>
<li>Bondareff Award Winner: recognition of extended and dedicated service to the Cornell Club of Washington (2002)</li>
<li>Washington D.C., &#8220;Super Lawyer&#8221; (2013 to 2025)</li>
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Washington, D.C.

Chambers USA Guide 2025 Recognizes 171 BakerHostetler Attorneys and 73 Practice Areas

Gilbert Keteltas Speaks at MDL Judicial Summit in Colorado

BakerHostetler Expands International Recognition with 2025 Rankings from Chambers Global

Chambers USA Guide 2024 Recognizes 155 BakerHostetler Attorneys and ­66 Practice Areas

MOVEIt MDL – Putting the Transfer Order Into Action

BakerHostetler team helps client get eight classes decertified at Fourth Circuit

Open for Comment: Businesses Can Now Submit Public Comments on the Proposed Federal Rule Addressing MDLs

MDLephant: What's Big in MDL Litigation?

The Only Rule of MDL Is . . .

Gil Keteltas Addresses Discovery in the Context of Electronically Stored Information

Thirteen BakerHostetler Attorneys, Eight Practice Areas Ranked in 2023 Edition of Chambers Global

Gil Keteltas and Nichole Sterling Take Part in Sedona Conference Annual Meeting

Gil Keteltas Moderates Panel on Challenges of e-Discovery in Multidistrict Litigation

Chambers USA Guide 2022 Honors 145 BakerHostetler Attorneys and Recognizes 62 Practice Areas

Partner Gil Keteltas Speaks at the Practising Law Institute’s e-Discovery Program

FAQs: Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Force Majeure and Other Defenses to Contractual Performance

Eleven BakerHostetler Attorneys, Seven Practice Areas Ranked in 2022 Edition of Chambers Global

Historic $108.9 Million BakerHostetler Win Joins National Law Journal “Verdicts Hall of Fame”

Chambers and Partners USA Honors 127 Attorneys and 43 Practice Areas in 2019 Guide

Chambers and Partners USA Honors 118 Attorneys and 45 Practice Areas in 2018 Guide

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

Employment Class Actions: Strategies for Target Defendants

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

E-Discovery Advocacy and Management

Commercial Litigation

Class Action Defense

Litigation

Digital Assets and Data Management

Class Action Defense – Consumer – False Advertising

IncuBaker – Emerging Technologies

Web3 and Digital Assets

Emerging Technology

Privacy and Digital Risk Class Action and Litigation

Russia-Ukraine War Resource Center

Multidistrict Litigation

Clean Air Act

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<li>Co-lead trial counsel to a global engineering company in an indemnity case arising out of the 2009 explosion of a food manufacturing plant in Garner, North Carolina. After a four-week jury trial, the jury returned a verdict of $108.9 million in favor of the client, two times the amount of the largest verdict in Nebraska at that time. This verdict, recently affirmed by the Nebraska Supreme Court, was recognized by the National Law Journal as a “Top 50 Verdict” of 2016 in its Elite Trial Lawyers report.*</li>
<li>Counsel to multiple hospitality companies in litigation and enforcement actions arising out of data breaches. Secured voluntary dismissal of a class action brought by issuing banks against one client, negotiated a favorable mediated resolution of a consumer class action brought against another and is actively involved in a regulatory enforcement investigation involving a third.</li>
<li>Lead counsel to the growers and processors of more than half of the nation’s domestically grown sugar in multiple lawsuits, defending his client’s ability to plant, harvest and process biotech sugarbeets. Directly sued opposing food advocacy groups through use of the Declaratory Judgment Act. Developed and implemented a trial strategy that challenged the credibility of opposing claims and exposed the absence of injury to plaintiffs, ultimately voiding injunctive remedies. Center for Food Safety, et al. v. Vilsack, et al.</li>
<li>Led client and joint defense in six consolidated multiplaintiff tort actions brought by New York City transit workers alleging injuries from diesel exhaust exposure in enclosed transit terminals. Won dismissal of all claims on federal pre-emption grounds. In re Jackson, et al. v. General Motors Corp., et al.</li>
<li>Won an unprecedented trial verdict as lead trial counsel in a case of first impression defended by the California Attorney General. The court invalidated a California regulation, finding it unconstitutionally impaired contracts with the world’s leading diesel engine manufacturers and amounted to an illegal recall. Caterpillar Inc., et al. v. California Air Resources Board</li>
<li>Assisted a client in defense and resolution of an industry-wide investigation and government enforcement dispute concerning the regulation of engines, which remains one of the largest government enforcement efforts in history. Led client and industry joint defense of multiple follow-on lawsuits alleging claims of unfair business practices, breach of contract and warranty, and violations of the RICO statute. United States v. Caterpillar Inc., et al.</li>
<li>Served on the defense, trial and appellate teams of the second-largest environmental enforcement action ever tried before a jury, involving allegations of unpermitted operations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. A settlement was eventually approved between the parties. U.S. v. Marine Shale Processors</li>
<li>As counsel to a multinational food and beverage company in an antitrust class action, negotiated and obtained significant limits to the scope, burden and expense of electronic discovery. In re: Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation</li>
<li>Exposed a competitor’s role in secretly funding a citizen suit against a client. The suit ended on the eve of the preliminary injunction trial after citizens unsuccessfully sought to withdraw their own preliminary injunction motion. Pennsylvania Environmental Enforcement Project, Inc. v. Keystone Cement Co.</li>
<li>Co-leader of a nationwide team that managed a national litigation docket involving more than 100 active cases. Developed and utilized cutting-edge case management and litigation budgeting tools. Unocal National Litigation Docket (See American Lawyer, “The Fix Is In,” Nov. 1, 2005).</li>
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* Does not guarantee similar results in comparable matters.

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