Baker Botts L.L.P., Environment | Chambers USA Profile

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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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Environment - District of Columbia

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Baker Botts' DC team is a prominent pillar of a national group tackling crisis management and transactions in areas including waste and clean air. The firm is particularly noted for handling climate change matters and for an environmental litigation team with experience in toxic tort cases and natural resource damage. Clients of Baker Botts include a number of market-leading corporations, many of which are drawn from the power and petrochemical sectors. The team is experienced in prosecuting cost recovery claims under the federal Superfund statutes. Baker Botts also offers strong national capabilities in emergent climate change litigation and policy advice.

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Work Highlights

Baker Botts represented Tennessee Water Company in an ongoing class action matter arising from a 2019 main break that allegedly interrupted water service for several days to customers in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Strengths

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Baker Botts is very good. They keep up with current case law and trends. They are able to focus on the specific issues we raise and customize their advice.

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Baker Botts is very good. They keep up with current case law and trends. They are able to focus on the specific issues we raise and customize their advice.

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew W Morrison

Band 2

Matthew Morrison handles enforcement defense, compliance counseling and rulemaking challenges for a variety of clients.

Matthew is excellent.

He is an easy person to work with and one of the most knowledgeable people in his field.

Matthew is smart, easy to deal with and a good advocate.

He is really good at helping brainstorm problems and helping figure out how to get things moving.

Matt is wonderful to work with. He has the ability to get along with everyone, even those with opposing views. His guidance and recommendations are well thought out and directionally correct.

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Joshua Frank

Band 4

Joshua Frank has experience acting for a range of clients in natural resource damages claims, CAA proceedings and CERCLA issues.

He is a terrific litigator, he is whip smart and excellent on issues that require working with expert witnesses. He has a real knack for understanding issues.

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Debra Jezouit

Band 5

Debra Jezouit is an expert in CAA and climate change issues who frequently acts for clients in enforcement proceedings. She is especially experienced in the representation of clients in the energy, chemical and manufacturing industries.

Debra is very good.

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Martha Thomsen

Band 6

Martha Thomsen has experience in complex litigation involving waste and water issues under federal and state environmental statutes such as CERCLA, CWA and RCRA.

She is a terrific lawyer. She is excellent on technical issues.

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