Barry Ostrager is a senior litigation Partner 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 cases.  He 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, and 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.  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.  He has also been prominently involved in supervising the firm's major insurance and reinsurance practices in both its New York and Los Angeles offices.

Other major engagements he has handled include the successful representation of Matsushita in the United States Supreme Court in connection with litigation arising out of Matsushita’s tender offer for MCA, the representation of Paramount in the Delaware Supreme Court in the Paramount/Viacom/QVC tender offer litigation, the successful representation of Travelers in connection with a  jury trial involving a $2 billion claim and numerous successful trials for JPMorganChase, Travelers, AIG and various other financial institutions.