About the Authors

Barry R. Ostrager is a senior litigation Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 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 securities, anti-trust, and commercial cases. Most recently, 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 favor of Swiss Re, and lead counsel for Hanwha in a multi-billion dollar dispute with the Korean government that was the subject of a multi-week trial. 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, Inc. He also successfully represented 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 organization in the largest ICC arbitration in history. Coincidentally, he once successfully represented Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company in a seven-week federal court jury trial and on appeal in a deci-million dollar securities fraud action against Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Ostrager successfully represented J.P. Morgan Chase in a breach of guarantee contract action against Motorola in which J.P. Morgan Chase obtained a $370 million verdict against Motorola. In 1993 Mr. Ostrager was lead trial and appellate counsel for Paramount Communications in the widely publicized QVC v. Paramount tender offer litigation.

Admissions:
New York 1973
California 1996

Education:
New York University School of Law, 1972 J.D.
City College of the City University of New York, 1973 M.A.
City College of the City University of New York, 1968 B.A.