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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)

Shawn is a contributor to BakerHostetler’s mid-year and 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.

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

B.A., University of Mary Washington, 2007

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<li>The Best Lawyers in America®
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<li>&#8220;Ones to Watch&#8221; in New York for Litigation &#8211; Securities (2024 to 2025)</li>
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<li>New York Metro Super Lawyers &#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2014 to 2024)</li>
<li>Hofstra University: Faculty Property Law Courses Award</li>
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2017 Year-End Securities Litigation and Enforcement Highlights

ISO 37001: Testing the Ability to Implement a Global Anti-Bribery Standard

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

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

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<li>Senior member of the BakerHostetler team working as counsel to Irving Picard, the court-appointed Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee in the 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>
<li>Represents corporations and individuals in internal investigations and investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other government entities relating to allegations of fraud and corruption.</li>
<li>Advises corporations and financial institutions on compliance with anti-corruption laws and regulations, the FCPA and anti-bribery best practices.</li>
<li>Lead associate reporting to the monitor of the Town of Brookhaven’s Waste Management Department (Suffolk County, New York). Reviews hauler and vendor applications for access to the landfill, performs investigations, interviews vendors and haulers, and drafts correspondence concerning the same in order to mitigate the risk of corruption and to prevent fraud.</li>
<li>In connection with an internal investigation into fraudulent billing practices, served as ethics and compliance counsel to one of largest construction companies in New York City. Interviewed employees, drafted company policies and procedures, drafted a litigation budget, and advised on board composition and committee issues.</li>
<li>Serves as FCPA counsel for one of the largest insurers in the United States. Interviews employees, provides advice related to improving the company’s anti-corruption/anti-bribery policies and procedures, drafts company policies and procedures, and advises on board committee composition and reporting issues.</li>
<li>Represented the target of an SEC insider trading investigation. Guided the client through the SEC interview process and secured a “no action letter” for the client.</li>
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