They claim to be considering retaining a well-respected law firm, Baker Hostetler, who advised them of potential criminal misconduct by the executors.

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Picower is the biggest catch, by far, for Picard, a partner at Baker Hostetler, the law firm he hired to assist him.

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Powers, the head of the securities litigation practice group at Baker Hostetler.

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He has also deflected recent questions from CNN, saying he had hired an attorney at the firm of Baker Hostetler to look into the matter.

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William Francis Kuntz, II, is a commercial litigator in private practice in New York, and has been a partner at the law firm of Baker Hostetler since 2005.

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