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Micah Smith Speaks at Process Safety Regional Workshop

A Year of Privacy and Cybersecurity: A Look Back, A Look Around and A Look Ahead (The Houston Lawyer)

Data Counsel

Data Governance: Practical Considerations for a Reasonable Security Program

DSIR: Deeper Dive into the Data

Since joining BakerHostetler in 2009, Tatiana has played a key role in the representation of Trustee Irving H. Picard for the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. She has worked to unravel the global maze of interconnected parties, including financial institutions, by litigating complex legal issues, implementing unique legal theories and using international discovery methods to recover assets for the Fund of Customer Property. Her team’s efforts have led to the recovery of more than $12 billion in assets from Madoff’s decades-old Ponzi scheme – the largest financial crime in U.S. history.

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Tatiana regularly speaks on topics related to international asset recovery. She has presented at the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), discussing asset identification and recovery in international insolvencies. Tatiana also has a strong interest in technology and cybercrime, specifically how assets can be hidden using digital platforms, and how laws are applied to evolving technology.

J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, 2008, 

B.B.A., Florida Atlantic University, 2004, 

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<li>Lexology Index (formerly Who&#8217;s Who Legal): Asset Recovery (2024)</li>
<li>The AmLaw Litigation Daily: Member of team named first runner-up for Litigator of the Week (August 14, 2024)</li>
<li>Lawdragon
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<li>500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers (2024)</li>
<li>500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers (2023)</li>
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<li>The Legal 500 United States
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<li>Recommended in Dispute Resolution: International Litigation (2022)</li>
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<li>New York Metro Super Lawyers
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<li>&#8220;Super Lawyer&#8221; (2022 to 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2012 to 2021)</li>
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<li>The Best Lawyers in America®
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<li>New York: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2024 to 2025)</li>
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New York

Tatiana Markel Speaks at IBA 2024 in Mexico City

Team Recovering Nazi-Looted Art Secures First Runner-up in Litigator of the Week

NY State Supreme Court Awards Possession of Egon Schiele Watercolor to Heir of Holocaust Victim In First U.S. Nazi-Looted Art Trial

Partners provide annually updated U.S. chapter on asset recovery

BakerHostetler team contributes U.S. chapter to Asset Tracing and Recovery Review

Oren Warshavsky, Gonzalo Zeballos, Geoff North and Tatiana Markel Author U.S. Chapter in 2023 Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Book

Law Journal Article Addresses BakerHostetler Team’s Success in Securing Full Case Dismissal at U.S. District Court

BakerHostetler Team Secures Motion to Dismiss in Case Against the Court-Appointed Guardian of Artist Peter Max

Oren Warshavsky, Gonzalo Zeballos, Geoffrey North, Tatiana Markel, Michelle Usitalo Author U.S. Chapter of ‘Asset Recovery 2023′

Oren Warshavsky, Gonzalo Zeballos, Geoff North, Tatiana Markel, Michelle Usitalo and Shade Quailey Author Chapter in Asset Tracing and Recovery Review

BakerHostetler Attorneys, Practice Areas Shine in The Legal 500 2022 Guide

Peppa Pig Can’t Fly: Russia’s Retaliatory Expropriation of Foreign Property Has Started

BakerHostetler Authors United States Chapter of the Asset Tracing and Recovery Review

Oren Warshavsky, Gonzalo Zeballos, Geoffrey North, Tatiana Markel, Michelle Usitalo Author U.S. Chapter of “Asset Recovery 2022”

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

The Associated Press reports on BakerHostetler and the Madoff Recovery Initiative recoveries of $10.5 billion

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”

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

Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Business

Global Fraud and International Asset Tracing and Recovery

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<li>Successfully moved to dismiss all seven counterclaims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, fraudulent inducement, negligent misrepresentation, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and unjust enrichment brought against a satellite intelligence company in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court, County of New York in a dispute concerning geospatial intelligence services. The Court also dismissed seven affirmative defenses.</li>
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Tatiana is extensively involved in all aspects of bankruptcy-related litigation, including mediation, settlement negotiations and discovery-related issues. Tatiana has also significantly participated in briefing and arguing the following reported decisions:
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<li>Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (In re Madoff Securities), 12 Misc. 115, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 148568 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 15, 2013)</li>
<li>Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (In re Madoff Securities), 12 Misc. 115, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56042 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 15, 2013)</li>
<li>Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (Picard v. Greiff), 476 B.R. 715 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)</li>
<li>Picard v, Cohmad Securities Corp., 11 Misc. 337, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163137 (S.D.N.Y Nov. 14, 2012)</li>
<li>Picard v. Flinn Investments, LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136627 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 29, 2011)</li>
<li>Picard v. Cohmad Securities Corp., 454 B.R. 317 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2011)</li>
<li>Picard v. Cohmad Securities Corp., 418 B.R. 75 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2009)</li>
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