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Alexander Passe Baker Botts Austin
Alexander Passe
Associate

Overview

Alexander Passe advises clients on complex environmental litigation, permitting, enforcement, and regulatory matters at the local, state, and federal levels. His practice spans the full lifecycle of environmental compliance and disputes for facilities operating in highly regulated and infrastructure-intensive sectors.

Alexander's experience includes counseling on issues related to air and water quality, hazardous, solid, and radioactive waste, disaster response, worker safety, and environmental justice.

Alexander also advises companies on matters involving federal grant funding and other government financial assistance—supporting clients in drafting applications, administering awards, navigating agency requirements and grant conditions, and aligning environmental permitting, reporting, and compliance strategies with federal funding programs and related oversight frameworks.

Alexander regularly works as part of multidisciplinary teams advising clients on regulatory strategy, compliance planning, and agency engagement, bringing a perspective informed by both regulatory and agency experience. During law school, he interned with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Office of Regional Counsel and served as a student-attorney in Emory University's Turner Environmental Law Clinic, where he worked on matters involving nuclear waste management, environmental justice, and federal environmental compliance.

Before entering law practice, Alexander worked with public health organizations in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the United States on climate resilience, extreme weather adaptation, and health system innovation—experience that deepens his approach to environmental risk, infrastructure planning, and community impacts.

Alexander maintains an active LGBTQ+ pro bono practice through Baker Botts' Pride in Action initiative.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association, Section of Environmental, Energy, and Resources
  • Austin Bar Association

Education

  • J.D., Emory University School of Law 2024
    with honors
    Justice John Paul Stevens Fellow
    Order of Emory Advocates for Outstanding Achievement in Advocacy Activities
  • Master of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences & Epidemiology, University of Minnesota 2021
  • B.A., Environmental Studies & Anthropology, Stony Brook University 2018
    cum laude