Profile: Barry R Ostrager
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Law Firm: | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue 10017-3954 |
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| City: | New York | |
| State: | New York | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Tel: | +1 212 455 2655 | |
| Fax: | +1 212 455 2502 | |
| Email: | bostrager@stblaw.com |
Insurance and Reinsurance
Biography: Insurance & Reinsurance
Barry R Ostrager is a senior litigation partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and co-head of the litigation department. He has tried dozens of cases and argued scores of appeals throughout the country and has been prominently involved in high-profile cases. Mr Ostrager successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court the closely followed Epstein v Matsushita case that arose out of Matsushita's successful tender offer for MCA. He also successfully represented Andersen Consulting against a US$14 billion claim by Arthur Andersen in connection with Andersen Consulting's successful bid to win a separation without cost from the Andersen Worldwide organisation in the largest ICC arbitration in history. Coincidentally, he previously represented Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company when it was the successful plaintiff in a seven-week federal court jury trial, and on appeal in a deci-million dollar securities fraud action against Arthur Andersen & Co. Most recently, Mr Ostrager successfully represented Travelers in a US$5 billion arbitration with ACandS and JP Morgan Chase in a breach of guarantee contract action against Motorola in which JP Morgan Chase obtained a US$370 million verdict against Motorola. He was lead trial counsel for Swiss Re in the highly publicised insurance coverage dispute involving the World Trade Center tragedy which resulted in a unanimous jury verdict in favour of Swiss Re. In 1993 Mr Ostrager was lead trial and appellate counsel for Paramount Communications in the widely publicised QVC v Paramount tender-offer litigation.Mr Ostrager has been prominently involved in supervising the firm's major insurance and reinsurance practices in both its New York and Los Angeles offices. He has been lead trial counsel in many major insurance coverage cases, including Shell Oil Co v Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company, a multi billion dollar environmental insurance coverage dispute in which the jury returned a verdict for the insurers after a 16-month trial. Mr Ostrager is co-author of the Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes (Aspen Law & Business, 2002), a widely used reference, now in its 11th edition. He is also co-author of another treatise entitled Modern Reinsurance Law and Practice - 2nd Edition (Glasser LegalWorks, 2000). He is also a frequent lecturer on federal securities law and insurance law. In June 2006, Mr Ostrager was named the leading US Litigation Business Trial Lawyer by Chambers & Partners at the inaugural "Awards for Excellence" ceremony.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.
Commercial Litigation
Biography: Commercial Litigation
Barry Ostrager is a senior litigation partner and head of the litigation department. He has tried dozens of cases and argued scores of appeals throughout the country and has been prominently involved in many high-profile disputes. He successfully represented JP Morgan Chase in a breach of guarantee contract action against Motorola in which JP Morgan Chase obtained a $370 million verdict against Motorola, and Andersen Consulting against a $14 billion claim by Arthur Andersen in connection with Andersen Consulting's successful bid to win a separation without cost from the Andersen Worldwide organisation in the largest ICC arbitration in history. He was lead trial counsel for Swiss Re in the highly publicized insurance coverage dispute involving the World Trade Center tragedy, which resulted in a unanimous jury verdict in favour of Swiss Re. He has also been prominently involved in supervising the firm's major insurance and reinsurance practices in both its New York and Los Angeles offices.
Other major engagements he has handled include the successful representation of Matsushita in the United States Supreme Court in connection with litigation arising out of Matsushita's tender offer for MCA, the representation of Paramount in the Delaware Supreme Court in the Paramount/Viacom/QVC tender offer litigation, the successful representation of Travelers in connection with a jury trial involving a $2 billion claim and numerous successful trials for various financial institutions.
Mr Ostrager has been a member of the firm since 1980. He received his BA from City College of the City University of New York in 1968 and his MA in 1973. He earned his JD from New York University school of law in 1972 and served as a judicial clerk in the United States district court for the Southern District of New York.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigation Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.