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Bonnie Baker is counsel at Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP in New York. She is an experienced litigator and white collar criminal defense attorney who represents individuals and companies in actions arising under the securities laws, in complex financial and tort litigations, and in regulatory and criminal investigations involving allegations of money laundering, insider trading, mail and wire fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, sexual abuse and misconduct, defamation, and other white collar matters. She also counsels clients on pre-litigation, litigation avoidance, and compliance matters.

Bonnie’s white collar defense work has been recognized by Chambers & Partners in its Chambers USA guide. She is a member of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association and an active leader in several community organizations.

Bonnie is a graduate of Yale Law School and received her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude and with Phi Beta Kappa honors, from the University of Pennsylvania. After law school, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard Owen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She has previously served as an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at New York University School of Law, an Adjunct Professor at The New School, and an Executive Editor at Brownstone Publishers, Inc., where she researched, wrote, and edited articles relating to school district compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act.