Technology Law Pioneer Peter Brown Joins Baker Hostetler's New York Office

NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hostetler announced today that renowned technology law practitioner Peter Brown has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in the Business Group. Mr. Brown was the founder and Co-Managing Partner of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner-which began as a two-lawyer boutique in 1979-for 27 years, where he was responsible for all aspects of the development, strategy and operations of the New York-based commercial law firm.

Mr. Brown, who was most recently Co-Head of the Technology Litigation Practice at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, will lead Baker Hostetler's national Technology Law Practice team. Additionally, Mr. Brown will advise clients on a wide variety of matters relating to information technology, including transactions involving computer systems, computer outsourcing, hardware and software licensing, new media, and computer law.

Mr. Brown has extensive experience counseling clients on a wide variety of transactions involving computer systems, computer outsourcing, software licensing, technology acquisitions, e-commerce, privacy and data security. He has also assisted and counseled numerous new ventures on business issues in the fields of technology and e-commerce. Mr. Brown has litigated numerous matters involving intellectual property, open source disputes, failed computer systems, electronic systems and components, and general commercial disputes.

"I am delighted to join the youthful and dynamic New York office of Baker Hostetler," said Mr. Brown. "The firm has a national reputation in media law, intellectual property, business/tax law and commercial litigation, all of which will enhance my mission to grow and lead a national Technology Law practice. I believe my years of experience will help me meet this new and exciting professional challenge."

Mr. Brown is the in-coming Chair of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. In addition to co-authoring the "Computer Law" column for the New York Law Journal since 1981, he is also Co-Chair of the Practicing Law Institute's Annual Technology Law Institute. Mr. Brown is the former Co-Chair of the ABA's Computer Litigation Committee, and former Chair of the Computer Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

"The addition of Peter to an already strong and experienced legal team in the New York office broadens the scope and increases the depth of services we can offer," said Paul Eyre, Managing Partner of Baker Hostetler's New York office. "It will allow us to better respond to the expanding needs and wide spectrum of issues that may arise for our clients as they strive to maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace."

"Peter has been in the vanguard of technology law for the past 30 years," said Steve Kestner, Executive Partner of the firm. "He is ideally suited to lead the Technology Practice team in advising clients on the technologically and commercially complex challenges they face in today's borderless, interconnected, and often wireless world."

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Founded more than 90 years ago in 1916, Baker Hostetler is among the nation's 100 largest law firms with 600 attorneys coast to coast. The firm has offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Costa Mesa, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando and Washington, D.C. Its four primary practice groups are Business, Employment, Litigation and Tax. For more information, visit the firm's Web site at www.bakerlaw.com.