, ▁U . S . ▁District ▁Judge ▁of ▁the ▁Southern ▁District ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁Lawrence ▁McK en na ▁appointed ▁Pic ard ▁trust ee ▁of ▁assets ▁seized ▁by ▁the ▁court ▁from ▁Bernard ▁M ado ff . ▁Since ▁then , ▁Pic ard ▁has ▁led ▁the ▁recovery ▁of ▁funds ▁from ▁the ▁M ado ff ▁invest ment ▁sc andal . ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁team ▁have ▁been ▁over see ing ▁the ▁liquid ation ▁of ▁Bernard ▁M ado ff ' s ▁firm ▁in ▁bank rupt cy ▁court , ▁and ▁have ▁so ▁far ▁recovered ▁over ▁$ 1 3 ▁billion — about ▁ 7 6 ▁percent ▁of ▁approved ▁claims — by ▁su ing ▁those ▁who ▁prof ited ▁from ▁the ▁scheme , ▁whether ▁they ▁knew ▁of ▁the ▁scheme ▁or ▁not . ▁Kath y ▁B az o ian ▁Ph el ps , ▁a ▁lawyer ▁at ▁Diam ond ▁Mc Car thy , ▁said ▁" That ▁kind ▁of ▁recovery ▁is ▁extraordinary ▁and ▁at yp ical ,” ▁as ▁cla w back s ▁in ▁such ▁schemes ▁range ▁from ▁ 5 ▁percent ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁percent , ▁and ▁many ▁vict ims ▁don ' t ▁get ▁anything . ▁Pic ard ▁has ▁successfully ▁purs ued ▁not ▁only ▁invest ors , ▁but ▁also ▁sp ouses ▁and ▁est ates ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁prof ited , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁Bernard ▁M ado ff ▁( R uth ▁M ado ff ), ▁the ▁wid ow ▁and ▁estate ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased ▁Stanley ▁Ch ais , ▁and ▁the ▁wid ow ▁and ▁estate ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased ▁Jeff ry ▁Pic ower , ▁with ▁whom