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

About

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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

Chambers Review

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Environment - USA - Nationwide

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Baker Botts L.L.P. remains a long-time advocate for the oil and gas and energy industries. The firm provides full environmental legal services for its clientele, including contaminated site clean-up, clean air and water permitting, as well as litigation and crisis management counsel. The team is routinely sought after for its strengths in Superfund issues and regional haze regulations. Baker Botts is noted for its particular capability to advise on rulemaking issues, notably for electricity-generating companies.

Notable practitioners

Houston-based Scott Janoe is a key contact at the firm.

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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 are 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.

Environment respondent
USA

Baker Botts are 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.

Environment respondent
USA