Barton J. Winokur
Immediate Past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dechert LLP
Elected 1983
Chair, 1995–99
Barton Winokur is the immediate past chairman and chief executive officer of Dechert LLP, a leading international law firm with 21 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Winokur has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the past 20 years and is consistently designated at the highest level as a leading lawyer for corporate/mergers and acquisitions in Chambers USA, a referral guide to leading lawyers in the United States based on the opinions of their peers and clients.
Winokur is a member of the Board of Directors for CDI Corporation, AmeriSource Corporation and AEGIS. He is on the Board of Trustees at Cornell University and on the Board of Governors of Gratz College. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Winokur received his A.B. at Cornell University and his LL.B. at Harvard Law School.