Careers

Diversity

With 18 offices, from New York to Los Angeles and Seattle to Orlando, we live and work in communities all over the U.S., collaborating across locations, disciplines and even borders. Our experienced, highly ranked lawyers serve businesses wherever they are and wherever they want to go.

Offices

About Us

Pages

Professionals

Thought leadership: blogs, podcasts, videos, publications, events and news

Insights

Services

Pro Bono

Am Law 100 firm with practices in Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation and Tax.

Home | BakerHostetler

Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher

DOJ and HHS Launch New False Claims Act Working Group to Target Healthcare Fraud

Sports

BakerHostetler Services

Raj Bandla, Cynthia Bast Present at 2025 Texas Housing Conference

Jamie focuses on litigating large, complex matters. As a former prosecutor in Manhattan, he brings invaluable insight, experience&nbsp;and common sense to any case in which he is involved. He strives to find novel arguments and creative solutions to difficult issues in order to achieve the best results for&nbsp;clients.

core/freeform

J.D., Cornell University Law School, 1997

B.S., Physics, University of Richmond, 1992, 

Cleveland

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

Commercial Litigation

Litigation

White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation

Industries

Financial Services: Litigation

Compliance

<ul>
<li>Extensively involved in representing firm client Irving H. Picard, SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC; for more than a decade led a litigation team which investigated and developed key evidence regarding Madoff’s fraud, worked closely with expert witnesses and consultants and litigated over 20 avoidance action proceedings to recover funds misappropriated by Madoff in the historic fraud; in November 2015, tried the first of hundreds of adversary proceedings, Picard v. Andrew Cohen, et al., before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in which the SIPA Trustee prevailed; secured in April 2020 a $12 million settlement against a bad-faith defendant; tried as the first-chair an adversary proceeding, Picard v. Sage et al., before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in early 2022 in which the SIPA Trustee secured a $16.88 million judgment; and currently part of a team seeking to recover millions of dollars in subsequent transfers from BLMIS feeder funds.</li>
<li>Defended financial services clients in array of disputes, including large class action.</li>
<li>Represented a pharmacy benefits manager in a wide range of matters, including disputes with network pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers and regulatory bodies.</li>
<li>Involved in internal fraud investigations, including one relating to a broker-dealer kickback scheme between former Ohio deputy treasurer Amer Ahmad and certain broker-dealers.</li>
<li>Served as counsel to several whistleblowers of corporate fraud, including a hedge fund’s false representation of its investment strategy and a software company’s misreporting of sales revenue.</li>
<li>Led a team investigating the waste and abuse of corporate assets in connection with the collapse of a large hedge fund.</li>
<li>Handled numerous appeals with success, including MDM Realty, Ltd. v. Progress Properties S. Ltd. Partnership, 2007-Ohio-3668, and Klayman v. Luck, 2012-Ohio-4454.</li>
</ul>

James H. Rollinson

James H. Rollinson

Experience

Recognitions and Memberships

Insights and News

Prior Positions

Credentials

Community and Pro Bono

Areas of Focus

Industries

Services

Featured Insights