Clients praise Baker Botts’ appellate group as “outstanding” with “great insight on the cases and judges” and “completely dedicated to their clients - they'll do whatever it takes to get things done for us.”

Chambers USA 2024

Baker Botts has top-notch appellate lawyers, who combine business smarts with sophisticated legal strategies to deliver results for its clients on appeal. We received Tier 1 rankings by U.S. News - Best Lawyers for the National, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston Appellate categories (2023- 2025) and Band 1 rankings in Texas Appellate by Chambers USA (2019-2025). Our practice was also named to National Law Journal's 2019 and 2014 Appellate Hot Lists.

Our appellate lawyers have argued before the United States Supreme Court, all 13 of the United States Courts of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court, and numerous other state appellate courts.

Our matters span a wide range of substantive areas from traditional breach of contract and tort disputes to complex securities, tax and white-collar criminal cases.

Most of our appellate lawyers have served as judicial clerks, providing them with insight into how appellate courts operate and what arguments are persuasive to appellate judges. We are also privileged to have among our practice a former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

“Baker Botts has deep insight into the mindset of Texas appellate courts.”

Chambers USA 2025