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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)

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LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1987

J.D., Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1983, 

B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University, 1980, 

New York

Digital Asset Broker Regulations Target DeFi Platforms and Payment Processors

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

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>Initially prepared the tax opinion, with eventual complete involvement, in a multimillion-dollar cross-border transaction involving the sale of life settlement assets to an Ireland-based private company.</li>
<li>Advises nonprofit organizations on formation, tax-exemption and governance issues. Recently obtained tax-exemption for a trans health clinic and advised on board governance issues.</li>
<li>Represented an investment fund client with respect to the sale of interests in several fund management entities, advising on tax and corporate issues.</li>
<li>Routinely advises clients in multimillion-dollar issues in the state and city of New York. Represented the former CEO of a major public company in a high-value New York residency and domicile dispute that resulted in a favorable settlement.</li>
<li>As part of the team representing the receiver for the Michael Kenwood Group, advises the court-ordered receivership and qualified settlement fund on federal and state tax matters.</li>
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