Baker Botts Earns 14 Band 1 Practice Rankings in Chambers USA 2024
HOUSTON, June 6, 2024 - Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Chambers USA 2024 has given the firm 14 Band 1 practice rankings. The firm also earned 23 Band 1 individual lawyer rankings.
The firm’s 14 Band 1 practice rankings are as follows:
- Nationwide: Energy Transition
- Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
- Nationwide: Projects: LNG
- Nationwide: International Arbitration (Highly Regarded)
- District of Columbia: Environment
- Texas: Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
- Texas: Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Oil & Gas)
- Texas: Environment
- Texas: Intellectual Property
- Texas: Litigation: Appellate
- Texas: Litigation: Securities
- Texas: Real Estate
- Texas: Tax
- Texas: Houston & Surrounds: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
The firm was also ranked for the first time in the following categories:
- California: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- District of Columbia: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Texas: Dallas & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
For the individual rankings, 21 firm lawyers earned a total of 23 rankings of Band 1 or above:
- Jon Dunlay – Texas: Real Estate (Star Individual)
- Jason Bennett – Nationwide: Projects: LNG
- Joshua Davidson – Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central United States; and Texas: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- David Jetter – Nationwide: Projects: LNG
- Bill Kroger – Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
- Elaine Walsh – Nationwide: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- James Barkley – Texas: Energy: State & Regulatory Litigation (Electricity); and Texas: Energy: State & Regulatory Litigation (Oil &Gas)
- Danny David – Texas: Litigation: Securities
- Ben Geslison – Texas: Tax: State & Local
- Scott Janoe – Texas: Environment
- Matthew Kuryla – Texas: Environment
- Derek McDonald – Texas: Environment
- Renn Neilson – Texas: Tax: State & Local
- Thomas Phillips: Texas: Litigation: Appellate
- Jessica Pulliam – Texas: Litigation: Securities
- Barton Showalter – Texas: Intellectual Property
- David Sterling – Texas: Litigation: Securities
- Macey Reasoner Stokes – Texas: Litigation: Appellate
- Andrea Stover – Texas: Energy: State & Regulatory Litigation (Electricity)
- Aaron Streett – Texas: Litigation: Appellate
- Gail Stewart – Texas: Houston & Surrounds: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
The following lawyers were named “Senior Statespeople”: Bill Jeffress in Nationwide: Litigation: Trial Lawyers and District of Columbia: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Steven Miles in Nationwide: Projects and Nationwide: Projects: LNG; William Lamb in Nationwide: Energy: Electricity (Transactional); Michael Rosenwasser in Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional); Molly Cagle in Texas: Environment; Neel Lemon in Texas: Corporate/M&A; James Rill in District of Columbia: Antitrust; and Danny Worrell in Texas: Environment.
A total of 13 lawyers received Band 2 rankings in 14 categories:
- David Applebaum – Nationwide: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Megan Berge – Nationwide: Climate Change
- Michael Hawes – Nationwide: Intellectual Property: Appellate
- Louis Layrisson – Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
- Jason Newman – Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation
- John Taladay – Nationwide: Antitrust: Cartel; and District of Columbia: Antitrust
- Amy Hefley – Texas: Litigation: Securities
- Stephen Marcus – Texas: Tax
- Luke Pedersen – District of Columbia: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- Connie Simmons Taylor – Texas: Real Estate
- Luke Weedon – Texas: Banking & Finance
- Scott Powers – Texas: Austin & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
- Gavin Villareal – Texas: Austin & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
Thirteen Baker Botts lawyers earned new individual lawyer banded rankings:
- Michelle Boudreaux – Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Jonathan Goldstein – Nationwide: Transportation: Aviation: Finance
- Jonathan Platt – Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Clint Rancher – Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Ben Geslison – Texas: Tax: State & Local
- John Lawrence – Texas: Litigation: Securities
- Robin Melman – New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Jennifer Tempesta – New York: Intellectual Property: Patent
- Martha Thomsen – District of Columbia: Environment
- Danny David – Texas: Houston & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
- Amy Hefley – Texas: Houston & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
- Scott Powers – Texas: Austin & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
- Juliana Sersen – Texas: Energy: State & Regulatory Litigation (Electricity)
In addition, eight lawyers were recognized as “Up and Coming” in nine categories: Carina Antweil in Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central United States and Texas: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Julie Cress in Nationwide: Climate Change; Scott Elliott in Nationwide: Occupational Safety and Health; Matthew Fusina in Nationwide: Projects: LNG; Tina Nguyen in Nationwide: Oil & Gas Litigation; Clint Culpepper in Texas: Banking & Finance; Joseph Perry in New York: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; and Brendan Quigley in New York: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. Travis Gray was also recognized as an “Associate to Watch” in Texas: Litigation: Appellate.
To see the full Chambers USA 2024 rankings, please click here.
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