BakerHostetler

BakerHostetler is a US law firm that describes itself as an Am Law 100 firm with practices in business, digital assets and data management, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation and tax. It has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Costa Mesa, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC and Wilmington, and its Washington office has moved to 1717 K Street. The firm leads the global recovery effort of trustee Irving H. Picard under the Securities Investor Protection Act for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, having recovered more than 15.49 billion US dollars, publishes an annual Data Security Incident Response Report drawing on more than 1,250 incidents handled in 2025, and was named among the nation's top litigation firms in the BTI Litigation Outlook 2027.

Aerospace and defense practice

The firm's aerospace and defense team helps clients in the aerospace, defense and government services industries compete, meet compliance requirements and control legal costs, drawing on corporate, commercial, regulatory, white-collar and litigation lawyers with a national presence. It notes a long association with the US military and veterans. Its government contracts experience covers bid protests, contract disputes, white-collar investigations and the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Representative matters listed on the site include:

• Filing an amicus brief for the US defense industry before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on government contractor immunity for patent infringement, with the en banc court adopting the firm's position
• Advising a large aerospace company on export control and economic sanctions compliance, including technical assistance agreements, licence applications and voluntary disclosures to the US Department of State
• Regulatory counsel to one of the largest US defense contractors on a compliance programme spanning the FAA, OSHA, Department of Transportation and other agencies
• Defending a protest in the Court of Federal Claims over a US Transportation Command aviation fuel contract, resulting in affirmation of the award
• Obtaining US government approvals for the launch of US satellites by foreign launch providers, including the first waiver of US policy against the use of Indian launch vehicles, and a novel approval for a US university to co-develop and deploy a spacecraft with a non-NATO ally
• Representing a services contractor in suspension and debarment proceedings before the Department of the Air Force, guiding clients through CFIUS reviews, and developing FAR-based ethics and compliance programmes

Other services

Practice areas also include international trade and national security, antitrust, artificial intelligence, automotive and mobility, catastrophic accident response, class action defense, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, employee benefits, privacy and a tariff resource center, along with legal technology services for privacy management, automation and data analytics.

Shows

BakerHostetler appears in the sponsor lists of PNAA Advance 2027, where it is listed as a corporate circle sponsor.

Contact

Offices in 17 US cities including Cleveland, New York, Washington, DC, Seattle and Orlando
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