Edward A. Baker

Associate
Hanover

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ebaker@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

Antitrust

Health Care

Education

University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2001; Managing Editor Wisconsin Law Review, Bruce F. Beilfus Memorial Award (2001)

Yale University, M.A., Religion, 1997

Tufts University, M.A., Philosophy, 1996

Dartmouth College, A.B, Philosophy/Biology, 1989

Admissions

Massachusetts

United States District Courts: District of Massachusetts and Eastern District of Wisconsin

Since joining the firm in March 2006, Edward Baker's practice has focused on antitrust and class action litigation. He participated in the firm's representation of American Express in American Express v. Visa U.S.A. et al. resulting in a $4 billion dollar settlement. Currently he represents a global hospital bed manufacturer and casket manufacturer against plaintiffs in several class actions involving allegations of price-fixing, group boycott, and other restraints of trade, as well as plaintiffs in an antitrust and RICO class action against the nation's largest coupon processors. He also has experience representing individuals and corporations under investigation by state and government agencies for health care fraud.

Mr. Baker has done pro bono work for refugees seeking political asylum before the U.S. Immigration Court, and on behalf of individuals denied federal disability benefits by the U.S. Social Security Administration.

He is active in the Antitrust Law and Litigation sections of the American Bar Association as well as the Boston Bar Association. In 2005 and 2006 he was co-chair of the Boston Chapter of the ABA White Collar Crime Young Lawyer's Subcommittee. In October 2005, he was program co-chair for the BBA Advanced Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Workshop.

Mr. Baker was elected a "Rising Star" in 2006 by his peers in the Boston legal community, as published in the May 2006 issue of Boston Magazine.

He was a judicial extern to Honorable David T. Prosser, Jr. of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association

Selected Publications and Presentations

Legal and Accounting Malpractice, Business Torts of Massachusetts, MCLE 2003 (co-author)