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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down CTA Injunction, FinCEN Extends Deadline to Jan. 13, 2025

Bulls, Bears, and Blockchain™ – December 26, 2024

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Weekly Blockchain Blog – December 23, 2024

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

Geoff also has experience in white collar criminal matters. He regularly appears in federal and state courts and has significant experience in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) panels.

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J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, 2002

B.A., Tufts University, 1998

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<li>New Jersey Super Lawyers &#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2008 to 2010)</li>
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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

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 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”

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

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>Member of the litigation team representing the SIPA Trustee in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. He is involved with the global investigation of the Madoff Ponzi scheme – the largest financial fraud in history – and related litigation against international financial institutions, at both trial and appellate levels, to recover assets for the BLMIS Customer Fund.</li>
<li>Represented an international financial institution in an employment dispute before a FINRA panel, resulting in the complete denial of a former high-level employee&#8217;s multimillion-dollar claim and an award of costs in favor of the financial institution.</li>
<li>Represented a hedge fund in a dispute involving European insurance businesses, resulting in a seven-figure arbitration award in favor of the hedge fund.</li>
<li>Represented a marine contractor in a breach of contract action before an American Arbitration Association panel, resulting in a multimillion-dollar award for the marine contractor and a complete denial of the adversary&#8217;s counterclaims.</li>
<li>Represented a telecommunications provider in several actions seeking injunctive relief against illegal telemarketers, resulting in the entry of injunctions against the telemarketers.</li>
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