Tatiana Markel

Partner

New York
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Overview

Tatiana Markel focuses her practice on bankruptcy-related litigation, with an emphasis on cross-border investigations to trace and recover misappropriated assets.

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.

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.

Experience

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:

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (Picard v. Greiff), 476 B.R. 715 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)
  • Picard v, Cohmad Securities Corp., 11 Misc. 337, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163137 (S.D.N.Y Nov. 14, 2012)
  • Picard v. Flinn Investments, LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136627 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 29, 2011)
  • Picard v. Cohmad Securities Corp., 454 B.R. 317 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2011)
  • Picard v. Cohmad Securities Corp., 418 B.R. 75 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2009)

Recognitions and Memberships

Recognitions

  • The Legal 500 United States
    • Recommended in Dispute Resolution: International Litigation (2022)
  • New York Metro Super Lawyers (2012 to 2020, 2022)
    • "Rising Star" (2012 to 2020)

Memberships

  • International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
  • Federal Bar Council's Bankruptcy Litigation Committee
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York City Bar Association

News

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Press Releases

Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2012
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2009
  • New York, 2009

Education

  • J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, 2008, summa cum laude; Max Koren Award; Judge William J. Regan Award; Harold A. Dautsch Scholarship; Buffalo Law Review, Executive Publications Editor
  • B.B.A., Florida Atlantic University, 2004, summa cum laude

Languages

  • Russian