Unequaled opportunities for professional and personal growth.

THE RIGHT FIRM, THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT REASON

The Right Firm
Unequaled opportunities for professional and personal growth.
More and more renowned
lateral partners
are choosing a career at
Baker & Hostetler—
Here’s Why.

STRONG, GROWING NATIONAL PLATFORM
Baker & Hostetler is one of the nation’s largest and strongest law firms
with 600 attorneys, 10 offices and two international affiliates
representing some of the world’s most dynamic and respected companies.
❚ Our clients include 10 of the FORTUNE 25 and we represent client
interests in more than 100 countries worldwide.
❚ More than 160 of our lawyers are listed as America’s Best
Lawyers, SuperLawyers, Rising Stars, or Leaders in the Law.
❚ Martindale-Hubbell, Chambers & Partners, and Corporate Board
Member rank us among the nation’s leading law firms.
In the past three years alone, 40 lateral partners have joined Baker & Hostetler.
Joyce Ackerbaum Cox
Orlando
Employment
and Labor
Mike Bigler
Cincinnati
Business
Max Bouthillette
Houston
Litigation
Tom Canova
New York
Litigation
Joe Chairez
Costa Mesa
Litigation
Dennis Eckart
Cleveland
Government Policy
Gerald Ferguson
New York
Litigation
Martin Florman
Costa Mesa
Business
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THE RIGHT FIRM
Lateral partner teams come to Baker & Hostetler to expand
their practice and the services they can offer to clients.
John Weber and 28 other
attorneys and staff from his IP
firm joined Baker & Hostetler.
After practicing intellectual
property law for 20 years,
mainly in “boutique” firms,
Weber had the feeling that
something was missing from his
practice.
He didn’t want to change the focus of
his practice; he wanted to be able to offer
his clients representation in other areas,
such as antitrust and labor.
“All we could do was intellectual
property and we were passing up a lot of
opportunities,” Weber said.
The lateral additions instantly fortified
the Baker & Hostetler Intellectual Property
practice, which now counsels clients in
patent prosecution and litigation. The
expansion has had a positive effect on the
attorneys.
“Lateral hires bring work to a firm and
thus more opportunity,” Weber said.
John H. Weber
Intellectual Property
Washington, D.C., Office
Nancy L. Patterson
Employment and Labor
Houston Office
Nancy Patterson and three
associates joined the Houston
office after an intensive search
to find a firm that would be a
good fit.
“Baker & Hostetler had a well-established
Employment and Labor practice and
an aggressive growth strategy, which included
hiring laterals,” Patterson said.
“A lot of firms are content with their institutional
clients and don’t see the need to hire
as many laterals, who bring in new business.”
Patterson, who is included in the 2003-
2004 edition of The Best Lawyers in America,
is a solid supporter of lateral hiring because
it generates new work and greater opportunity
for young lawyers. With the addition of
Patterson and the other associates, the firm’s
Houston office is now recognized as having
one of the top groups of employment and
labor attorneys in the city and the state.
“Large companies will only hire firms
with a national presence and practice,”
Patterson said. “Firms that want to reach
that status not only grow their talent, but also
bring in experienced talent.”
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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Our clients include 10 of the FORTUNE 25. These businesses span every
major industry in every part of the world.
Altria Group
American International Group, Inc.
The Boeing Company
Cardinal Health, Inc.
ChevronTexaco Corp.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Ford Motor Company
General Electric Company
International Business Machines
State Farm Fire & Casualty Company
Larry Gartner
Los Angeles
Employment
and Labor
Marty Gitlin
Denver
Business
Steven Goldberg
New York
Business
Dean Hunt
Houston
Litigation
Helen Kim
Los Angeles
Litigation
Tom Kruse
Houston
Litigation
Christoph Lange
New York
Business
Michael Levin
Orlando
Litigation
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The Right Time
Executive Partners Steve Kestner and Alec Wightman were elected to lead the firm
beginning January 1, 2004. Their vision for growth makes this the right time.
We have a culture of
great character
and respect for each other.
“We will pursue accelerated growth, not for
growth’s sake, but growth that makes Baker &
Hostetler a greater law firm,” said Kestner at
the firm’s 2004 Partners Retreat. Among the
reasons he cited for growth were the necessity
to remain competitive as a national firm, to
attract and retain top legal talent, to add
expertise to gain new business from current
clients, to reach new clients, to spread the cost
of technology and to increase revenues and
profits. “But possibly just as important as these
strategic and competitive reasons to grow, we
know it is more exciting to work at a growing
and dynamic firm.
“We need to be strong on the coasts—in
Los Angeles, in New York, and in Washington,
D.C.,” Kestner said. “We currently have
exceptional lawyers in those locations, but we
need to have a larger critical mass to be on the
radar screen in those cities.” Kestner and
Wightman said that the firm will continue to
pursue growth through lateral partner hires,
practice group acquisitions, expansion into
new locations and mergers.
They stressed that growth opportunities
will be considered only if they enable Baker &
Hostetler to retain its character. “It’s all
about the culture,” Kestner said.
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TOTAL ATTORNEYS
The addition of strong lateral partners has been a key
component of the firm’s strategic growth.
600
580
560
540
520
500
480
460
440
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Tom McDonald
Washington, D.C.
Government Policy
Jim Mercadante
New York
Business
Steven Moore
Denver
Employment
and Labor
Patrick Muldowney
Orlando
Employment
and Labor
Larry Ostema
Denver
Business
Jeff Paravano
Cleveland and
Washington, D.C.
Tax, Personal Planning
and Employee Benefits
Pat Pauken
Cleveland
Business
Ben Pfefferle
Columbus
Litigation
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THE RIGHT TIME
STRENGTHS TO BUILD UPON
Lateral partners Steven Goldberg and Jim Mercadante joined
Baker & Hostetler’s New York office. Their strong transaction
experience, combined with the firm’s already- established corporate
practice, became the subject of a feature article in The Deal, a
respected publication for dealmakers worldwide.
The article, entitled Baker & Hostetler’s Practice Stretches
Beyond its Middle Market and Regional Focus, demonstrates how
lateral partners joining Baker & Hostetler benefit from the firm’s
national practice platform.
STRATEGIC PRACTICE GROWTH
Our growing Government Policy Practice is part of the firm’s
70-attorney Tax Group, led by lateral partner Jeffrey Paravano, who
returned to Baker & Hostetler after serving in the U.S. Department of
Treasury as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy.
Recent lateral additions to the practice include practice leader
Tom McDonald, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe,
former Congressman Dennis Eckart and former Education Department
Deputy Assistant Secretary Raymond Pierce.
MEETING CLIENT NEEDS
Baker & Hostetler’s Litigation Group has added strong laterals in
areas of growing client need. Six former federal prosecutors, including
Jim Wooley (at right), put the firm ahead of nearly every national firm
in its ability to advise and represent the increasing number of corporations,
their executives and directors coming under regulatory scrutiny.
The team includes George Stamboulidis, who was recently
appointed by the Justice Department to serve as independent monitor of
Merrill Lynch and Marc Powers, who represented Douglas Faneuil, the
government’s key witness in the Imclone—Martha Stewart case.
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LONG-TERM STABILITY
“In 1979, my firm in Orlando, Mesmer,
Robbinson, Ball & Fulton, merged with
Baker & Hostetler. The national platform
and strong presence in Central Florida
helped all of us build our practices and
professional careers. The cultures were
an ideal fit and both organizations
have flourished.”
G. Thomas Ball
Orlando Office
Managing Partner
David Posner
Cleveland
Employment
and Labor
Marc Powers
New York
Litigation
Lauren Resnick
New York
Litigation
Marcy Rothman
Houston
Litigation
Paul Schmidt
Washington, D.C.
Tax, Personal
Planning and
Employee Benefits
Kevin Shaughnessy
Orlando
Employment
and Labor
Rob Shearer
Houston
Business
Robert Simon
Denver
Tax, Personal
Planning and
Employee Benefits
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The Right Reason
Lateral partners have the breadth of experience to know that moving
to a new law firm to improve their quality of life is the right reason.
Best Lawyers in America
Baker & Hostetler lawyers are well represented in each
edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The 2003-2004
edition includes 35 Baker & Hostetler attorneys from all
of our offices nationwide practicing in the areas of bankruptcy,
corporate, employee benefits, environmental,
First Amendment, labor and employment, legal malpractice,
litigation, natural resources, real estate, tax and trusts
and estates.
American Lawyer’s Highest Midlevel Associate Rating
American Lawyer magazine’s national ranking of the
best places to work for midlevel attorneys placed
Baker & Hostetler’s Houston office at the top.
“Best Places to Work”
Baker & Hostetler’s Cleveland office was ranked among the
“99 Best Places to Work in Northeast Ohio” by the
Employers Resource Council. Selections were based on a
year-long effort to identify 99 of the best places to work in
Northeast Ohio.
“Top Place to Work for Working Families”
The Orlando office has once again been named by
The Orlando Sentinel as one of the Top 100 Companies for
Working Families.
Corporate Board Member
For every year of its survey, Baker & Hostetler has
appeared among Corporate Board Members’ list of most
respected firms. The Corporate Board Member survey lists
firms selected by 20,715 directors of public companies.
Chambers USA
Chambers & Partners listing of America’s Leading
Business Lawyers for 2004 and 2005 included 16 Baker &
Hostetler attorneys and nine areas of law in which the firm
is considered among the best. The firm’s Employment and
Labor Group received the top ranking in Ohio.
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COMMITMENT T O DIVERSITY
We are committed to increasing the value of our firm’s service and culture
by increasing the diversity of our firm. This is why we established a Diversity
Committee which is chaired by the firm’s Executive Partner and composed of
attorneys and management from each of our offices.
Paul D. White Scholarship
In memory of our late partner, Paul D. White, an annual scholarship
was established for first- or second-year (depending on individual office
need) minority law students of African-American, Hispanic, Asian-
American, or American Indian descent.
Baker & Hostetler Minority Attorney Conference
Our firm hosts an annual conference to help Baker & Hostetler
minority attorneys develop professional and personal skills to foster
success.
Minority Law Journal
“In 2001 the firm embarked on a shopping spree, bringing on six
minority lateral partners over the next two years. Thanks to these
hires—as well as associates of color who came up through the
ranks—6.5 percent of Baker & Hostetler’s partners are now minorities,
a proportion that’s well above the national average for large
firms.”
—Diversity Scorecard
Carl Steen
Costa Mesa
Business
Marcy Stras
Washington, D.C.
Litigation
Steve Sutton
Cleveland
Employment
and Labor
Kim Talley
Los Angeles
Employment
and Labor
Tom Warren
Cleveland
Litigation
Marty Wymer
Cleveland
Employment
and Labor
Gary York
Los Angeles
Business
Naomi Young
Los Angeles
Employment
and Labor
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FIRM HISTORY
Baker & Hostetler has been a strong and respected law firm for nearly
90 years. Throughout our history we have grown continuously, expanding
our geographic presence as well as our client base.
MERGERS/AFFILIATIONS/OFFICE OPENINGS
1916 Cleveland, OH Firm founded in 1916 by Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War in Woodrow Wilson’s Cabinet
1971 Cleveland, OH Merger with Falsgraf, Reidy, Shoup & Ault
1973 Washington, D.C. Merger with Frost, Towers, Hayes & Beck
1979 Washington, D.C. Merger with Morison, Murphy, Abrams & Haddock
Columbus, OH
Merger with George, Greek, King, McMahon & McConnaughey
Orlando, FL
Merger with Young, Turnbull & Linscott P.A.
Merger with Mesmer, Robbinson Ball & Fulton
1980 Orlando, FL Merger with Johnson, Motsinger, Trismen & Sharp P.A.
Denver, CO
Merger with Clark, Martin & Pringle
Columbus, OH
Merger with Moritz, McClure, Hughes & Kerscher
1986 Columbus, OH Merger with Gingher & Christensen
1990 Los Angeles, Long Beach and Houston Merger with McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea
1997 Cincinnati, OH Opened new office
2000 São Paulo, Brazil Affiliated with França Ribeiro Advocacia
2001 Costa Mesa Opened new office
Juárez, Mexico
Affiliated with Enriquez, González, Aguirre y Ochoa
New York City
Opened new office
STRONG, GROWING NATIONAL PLATFORM
Baker & Hostetler is one of the nation’s largest and strongest law firms with 600
attorneys, 10 offices and two international affiliates representing some of the world’s
most dynamic and respected companies.
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FIRM STATISTICS
Our current attorneys include:
156 Equity Partners
160 Non-Equity Partners
222 Associates
29 Of Counsel
30 Staff Attorneys
597 TOTAL
Our current staff includes:
40 Accounting
16 Human Resources
13 Marketing
58 Information Services
570 Administrative
697 TOTAL
1294 TOTAL ATTORNEYS AND STAFF
2004 REVENUE
BY PRACTICE
BY REGION
BY OFFICE
15%
36%
23% 27%
8%
16% 3%
34%
3%
5%
35%
14%
Business Employment Litigation Tax
8%
2%
50%
8% 13%
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Baker & Hostetler is located in every time zone, coast to coast. We serve clients through our
network of 10 offices in major business centers across the country and international affiliates in Brazil
and Mexico.
Cincinnati, Ohio
312 Walnut Street, Suite 3200
Cincinnati, OH 45202-4074
(513) 929-3400 • (513) 929-0303 FAX
Cleveland, Ohio
3200 National City Center
1900 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114-3485
(216) 621-0200 • (216) 696-0740 FAX
Columbus, Ohio
Capitol Square, Suite 2100
65 East State Street
Columbus, OH 43215-4260
(614) 228-1541 • (614) 462-2616 FAX
Costa Mesa, California
600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 900
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-7221
(714) 754-6600 • (714) 754-6611 FAX
Denver, Colorado
303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 1100
Denver, CO 80203-1264
(303) 861-0600 • (303) 861-7805 FAX
Houston, Texas
1000 Louisiana, Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002-5009
(713) 751-1600 • (713) 751-1717 FAX
Los Angeles, California
333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1800
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1523
(213) 975-1600 • (213) 975-1740 FAX
New York, New York
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10103
(212) 589-4200 • (212) 589-4201 FAX
Orlando, Florida
SunTrust Center, Suite 2300
200 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801-3432
(407) 649-4000 • (407) 841-0168 FAX
Washington, D.C.
Washington Square, Suite 1100
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-5304
(202) 861-1500 • (202) 861-1783 FAX
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