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What to Expect and How to Prepare: A Guide to Employing Foreign Workers in the Age of Trump

Teresa Goody Guillén Supports New SEC Nominee in Institutional Investor Article

Carolina Alonso Shares Her Journey to the Legal Profession with High School Students

​Bill Bergmann Elected Treasurer of Court of Federal Claims Bar Association; Continues Role on Advisory Council

Additionally, Doug is a member of the BakerHostetler team serving as court-appointed counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS), an unprecedented recovery effort involving hundreds of actions. In this role, he assists with investigating and litigating against hedge funds, investment banks and other financial institutions.

During law school, Doug was a member of the University of Cincinnati Law Review and president of the Environmental Law Society.

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J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2011, 

B.S., Biology, University of Dayton, 2008, 

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BakerHostetler Advises Millman National Land Services on Acquisition by CBRE

BakerHostetler Elevates 23 Attorneys to Firm Partnership

Nick Cordova and Doug Vonderhaar Address Telemarketing Compliance in Article Published by ARDA

Hundreds of BakerHostetler Attorneys Honored as 2023 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch and Lawyers of the Year

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

BakerHostetler Deal Team Noted in Marriott Vacations Worldwide Acquisition of Welk Resort Group

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Completes $485 Million Acquisition of Welk Resorts

Multi-Practice BakerHostetler Deal Team Represents Marriott in $470 Million Acquisition of Welk Resorts

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’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

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<li>In the BLMIS liquidation, currently assisting with avoidance actions against financial institutions that invested in underlying BLMIS feeder funds, identifying evidence, drafting complaints and briefs, and conducting necessary legal research.</li>
<li>Experience with various e-discovery issues, including creating discovery protocol, conducting document review, and assisting teams in preparing for hearings and arbitrations on document confidentiality.</li>
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<li>Counsels financial services companies, including mortgage lenders, banks, credit unions and loan servicers, concerning federal and state regulatory and compliance matters.</li>
<li>Assists mortgage industry members and timeshare lenders in complying with TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) requirements.</li>
<li>Advises banks and financial service companies on National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), electronic funds transfer and credit card processing issues.</li>
<li>Conducts training and compliance counseling, including preparation of policies and procedures, for financial services companies relating to state and federal lending laws.</li>
<li>Provides regulatory and compliance assistance to national rent-to-own companies.</li>
<li>Advises consumer loan brokers with state licensing issues across the country.</li>
<li>Assists compliance managers in the identification of compliance issues relating to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau readiness for lenders, banks and specialty financers.</li>
<li>Counsels mortgage companies and loan originators on lead generation, joint advertising and co-marketing agreement issues.</li>
<li>Prepared and filed a personal property foreclosure on behalf of a federal credit union.</li>
<li>Advised a federal credit union as to bylaw, annual meeting, liability, insurance and other National Credit Union Administration requirements.</li>
<li>Counseled a national bank on conflict of interest issues concerning fiduciary accounts under Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regulations and other federal laws.</li>
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