Environment - California
Band 5
What the Team is Known For
Notable practitioners
Julie Cress is a key contact.

USA Guide 2026 : California
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Baker Botts’ Environmental, Safety and Incident Response Team helps clients advance and protect their interests across the full lifecycle of environmental and safety matters—from permitting and regulatory advocacy to litigation, workplace safety, and crisis response. With more than 50 lawyers based in California, Washington, D.C., New York, and Texas, the team handles complex federal and state matters nationwide. The practice offers broad capabilities spanning incident and crisis response, regulatory compliance and permitting strategies, litigation, climate change and sustainability, safety, coalitions, and transactions. Drawing on deep experience across industries including infrastructure, manufacturing, oil and gas, power and renewables, and refining and petrochemical, the team is equipped to address a wide range of environmental and safety challenges.
To learn more about our practice, visit: https://www.bakerbotts.com/services/practice-areas/environmental-safety-and-incident-response
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Julie Cress is a key contact.
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Baker Botts represent five owners of the Colstrip power plant, located in eastern Montana, in a mass tort lawsuit brought by more than 100 individuals claiming property damage to their homes.
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They handle very complex and sophisticated matters with positive results.
Their ability to plain English a situation and provide practical legal advice is second to none.
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Julie Cress
Allison Watkins Mallick
Head of Department
Matthew R. Baker
J. Scott Janoe
Head of Department
USA 2026
Practice area: Environment
Location: District of Columbia
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