Irving Picard

Irving H. Picard (born June 26, 1941)[1] is a partner in the law firm Baker Hostetler. He graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. degree (1963), from Boston University School of Law with a J.D. degree (1966), and from the New York University School of Law with a LL.M. degree in 1967, and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1982.[2] In 2008, U.S. District Judge Lawrence McKenna appointed Picard trustee of assets seized by the court from Bernard Madoff. Since then, he has been centrally involved in the recovery of funds from the Madoff investment scandal.[3]

Picard is the son of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.birthdatabase.com/cgi-bin/query.pl?textfield=irving&textfield2=picard&age=
  2. ↑ "New York State Unified Court System Attorney Directory". Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  3. ↑ Rich, Frank (February 12, 2011). "At Last, Bernie Madoff Gives Back [OpEd]". New York Times.
  4. ↑ "The Lawyer Who Recovered Billions Of Dollars For Madoff's Victims". Huffington Post. April 25, 2011.

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