Max Shifrin represents individuals, small businesses and large institutions in state and federal courts across the country. With a track record of successful results in a wide range of disputes, Max provides his clients with the judicious advocacy they need to win at every phase of litigation: on the pleadings, in a discovery dispute, at trial, or on appeal.
Max has represented clients across many industries, including energy conglomerates, real estate developers, government agencies and public authorities, hotels, financial institutions, general contractors, software developers, insurers and bankruptcy trustees. In addition to his broader litigation practice, Max is currently a senior member of the BakerHostetler team serving as court-appointed counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS), an unprecedented effort involving more than 1,000 lawsuits filed by the SIPA Trustee to recover assets for the benefit of defrauded BLMIS customers. As part of those efforts, Max serves as the leader of the Trustee’s enormous case-wide discovery efforts, successfully representing the Trustee in a wide range of discovery disputes, and has played key roles on multiple dispositive motions and trials. Max’s efforts have helped the Trustee distribute over $14 billion of recovered assets to Madoff’s victims — an unparalleled amount that far exceeds even the most optimistic projections made when the fraud was first discovered in 2008.
Max devotes a substantial amount of his time to pro bono work. With a particular focus on appellate practice, Max has represented multiple indigent defendants in their criminal appeals and has authored multiple amici briefs filed with various Circuit Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.