Department profile
Baker Botts L.L.P.

Environment

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Baker Botts L.L.P.

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

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Environment - USA - Nationwide

Band 2

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.

Work Highlights

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  • Baker Botts advised Halliburton Energy Services on mass tort litigation derived from water and soil contamination claims.

Strengths

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  • In the oil and gas world, Baker Botts is top of the line.

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Members

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  • Molly Cagle

  • Paulina Williams

  • Julie Cress

  • Joshua B. Frank

  • Debra J. Jezouit

  • Matthew L. Kuryla

  • Derek R. McDonald

  • Danny G. Worrell

  • J. Scott Janoe

    Head of Department

  • Aileen M. Hooks

  • Martha S. Thomsen

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