Irving H. Picard (born June 26, 1941)[1] is a partner in the law firm BakerHostetler.
[6] In August 1938, Julius and Claire Picard immigrated with their children from Mainz in Nazi Germany to the United States.
Irving's uncle Moritz Cahn, a lawyer in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, committed suicide, with his wife, in 1941 to avoid the concentration camps.
[10] He and his team have been overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's firm in bankruptcy court, and have so far[when?]
recovered over $13 billion — about 76 percent of approved claims — by suing those who profited from the scheme even if those individuals were unaware or uncharged.