Baker & Hostetler LLP

Practice Areas

Baker & Hostetler LLP practices law in the following areas and works with its clients to provide the best possible legal solutions.

• Bankruptcy
• Restructuring And Creditors' Rights
• Business And Corporate
• Corporate Governance
• Debt Finance
• Emerging Company
• Government Contracts
• International Securities And Capital Markets
• International Transactions
• Media Mergers And Acquisitions
• Mergers And Acquisitions
• Private Equity And Venture Capital
• Project Development And Finance
• Securities Offerings And Compliance
• Employee Benefits
• Benefit Plans
• Executive Compensation And 409A Compliance
• Health And Welfare Plan Counsel
• Employment
• Employment Class Actions
• Employment Counseling
• Employment Litigation
• Immigration
• Labor Relations
• Noncompete And Trade Secrets
• Wage And Hour
• Whistleblower And Compliance
• Healthcare
• Claim Appeals And Audits
• Recovery Audit Contractors
• Compliance And Corporate Governance Oversight
• False Claims Act
• Fda
• Products Promotion
• And Defense
• Fraud And Abuse Laws
• Government Investigations And Enforcement
• Healthcare Policy
• Healthcare Transactions
• Pharmacy And Reimbursement
• Privacy And Data Protection ' Healthcare
• Intellectual Property
• Advertising
• Marketing And Digital Media
• Biotechnology
• Chemical
• And Pharmaceutical
• Copyright
• Content
• And Platforms
• Electrical
• Mechanical
• And Computer Science Prosecution
• Information Technology And Transactions
• Patent Litigation
• Privacy And Data Protection
• Trademark
• International
• German Practice
• International Arbitration And Litigation
• International Asset Tracing And Recovery
• International Tax
• International Trade ' Compliance
• International Trade Remedies And Trade Policy
• Strategic Outsourcing
• Litigation
• Antitrust And Competition
• Appellate And Major Motions
• Class Action Defense
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction
• E Discovery Advocacy And Management
• Environmental
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Maritime
• Media Law And Digital Content
• Product Liability And Toxic Tort
• Securities Litigation And Regulatory Enforcement
• White Collar Defense And Corporate Investigations
• Private Wealth
• Counseling Fiduciaries And Beneficiaries
• Family Law
• Family Office And Private Trust Companies
• Private Wealth Planning
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Development
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate Leasing
• Real Estate Transactions
• Tax
• Criminal Tax Defense
• Federal Policy
• Political Law
• State And Local Tax
• Tax Controversy And Litigation
• Tax Credit Finance And Economic Development Incentives
• Tax Exempt Organizations And Charitable Giving
• Transactional Tax

Hiring Criteria

Baker & Hostetler LLP follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.

The firm seeks students with superior academic records who have completed their first or second year of law school. It looks for those students who have demonstrated, through their interests and activities, the motivation and interpersonal skills necessary to become excellent lawyers.

The firm says that its culture is characterized by integrity, collegiality, sensibility, diversity and professional excellence. The firm says that it seeks to hire people who embody these values.

Interested candidates should apply online with a completed application form, current resume, recent law school transcript and a writing sample.

The firm is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant in any manner whatsoever.

Pro bono

Baker Hostetler was founded by partners who began their careers serving in the municipal government, so had firsthand knowledge what was required to support the community. This dedication and commitment endures today through the firm's pro bono efforts.

The firm says that it understands the importance of applying its resources and knowhow to help those who need their help but cannot pay. The firm says that it does not differentiate between its paying clients and its non-paying pro bono clients and that it represents them with the same standards of professionalism, excellence and respect that apply to the work they do for any other client.

Notable cases

• Throughout its history, the firm has handled many significant, high-profile matters for its clients including such history changing cases as "Watergate," "Pentagate" and Iran-Contra cases. Other landmark cases are:
• The "Chicago Water Steal Case" involving 13 states in a dispute over the diversion of enormous quantities of water from the Great Lakes by the Chicago Sanitary District and the Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty zoning case, which opened the way nationally for widespread zoning.
• Nearly 20 years of involvement with litigation on behalf of various groups of private utilities attacking the New Deal legislation which established public power projects, the most famous of which was the TVA case.
• It also collaborated upon the first newspaper joint operating agreement (JOA), which was between two Albuquerque, N.M., newspapers.
• Baker Hostetler is representing a coalition of companies in a massive nationwide arbitration against 48 states. The arbitration involves a potential reduction of more than $1 billion in the tobacco industry's payments resolving states' claims for health care costs related to tobacco use. The American Lawyer has called the cases "unprecedented" in size and complexity.
• Baker Hostetler serves as Washington DC, counsel to major league baseball, a partnership that began nearly 100 years ago, including drawing up the charter for the American league.
• The firm represented long-time client transdigm group incorporated a manufacturer of parts for commercial and military planes, in connection with its agreement to acquire Amsafe Global Holdings, Inc. for $750 million.
• Baker Hostetler represented the E.W. Scripps Company in the $212 million acquisition of all the outstanding shares of the McGraw-Hill broadcasting company, a subsidiary of the McGraw-Hill companies. The deal encompassed a total of nine television stations, four of which are ABC affiliates.
• The firm was hired by the university of Louisville physicians to counsel the group throughout its major integration of academic medical center faculty practice plans, including the transition of 450 physicians and more than 20 separate entities.
• Baker Hostetler was successful in reaching a partial settlement on behalf of 7,200 dairy farmers in a class action antitrust suit against dean foods. Dean foods, one of the principal defendants and one of the largest milk producers in the country, agreed to a $140 million settlement.

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