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Kenneth Reisenfeld Moderates Panel During Washington Arbitration Week

Taylor Bloom Presents Ad Tech Privacy Year in Review for California Lawyers Association

ADventures in Law

Getting the Most out of Brand Partnerships with Artists . . . Lawfully

Health Law Update

What a Second Trump Administration Could Mean for Tobacco Industry Regulations

LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, 

LL.B., Queen's University (Ontario, Canada)

B.A.H., Queen's University (Ontario, Canada)

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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 (2021 to 2025)</li>
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<li>New York Metro Super Lawyers
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<li>&#8220;Super Lawyer&#8221; (2016 to 2021, 2023 to 2024)</li>
<li>&#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2011 to 2014)</li>
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Hundreds of BakerHostetler Attorneys Honored as 2023 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch and Lawyers of the Year

Second Circuit Reverses Lower Courts, Preserves Madoff Trustee’s Ability To Pursue $3.75 Billion of Stolen Customer Property

191 BakerHostetler Attorneys Named in 2022 “Best Lawyers” List; 10 Recognized as “Lawyer of the Year”

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

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>Counsel to Irving H. Picard, the Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.</li>
<li>Counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee for the liquidation of Manhattan Investment Fund Ltd. debtors&#8217; counsel in Euro-American Lodging Corp.</li>
<li>Counsel to the Liquidating Trustee of Fink Baking Corp.</li>
<li>Counsel to the Liquidating Trustee of Manhattan Investment Fund Ltd.</li>
<li>Counsel to ad hoc committees in the Calpine Corp. and Tower Automotive Inc. bankruptcy cases.</li>
<li>Counsel to senior secured noteholders of Doman Industries Ltd.</li>
<li>Experience representing commercial lenders providing asset-based loans and senior, mezzanine and second lien financings.</li>
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Amy E. Vanderwal

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