firm overview
The Firm’s lawyers have garnered national praise as “phenomenal litigators.” Clients describe Debra Baker as “one of the most capable environmental lawyers in the country” as published in the Chambers Partners USA Guide.
National Practice
Baker • Wotring LLP is a nationally-recognized commercial litigation and environmental boutique law firm providing innovative and results-oriented representation to domestic and international clients in significant and complex matters across the country for more than 23 years. Our lawyers have been retained in connection with some of the largest litigation and environmental matters in the country, including providing representation in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill and other massive releases into waterways, catastrophic accidents and large-scale commercial litigation for energy, transportation, oil and gas, and industrial clients, among others. Since its inception, the Firm’s clients have included governmental entities, Fortune 500 companies, railroads, port authorities, hospitals, businesses of all sizes and individuals.
National Recognition – True Litigators
As true trial lawyers, our lawyers are a constant presence at the courthouse and go to trial with a frequency not often seen in today’s legal climate. Firm trial teams have spent weeks and months in trial numerous times in complex cases involving personal injury, death and catastrophic injury, commercial disputes, environmental litigation, as well as arguing appeals in various appellate courts. We have achieved precedent-setting results and made new law, with results from our cases published, cited to and relied upon by other courts and practitioners around the country. The depth of actual courtroom experience, bench strength and proven trial record have made Baker • Wotring LLP a repeat choice of sophisticated clients who need experienced, tried-and-true litigators to handle their complex, high-stakes litigation.
Our Firm handles a wide variety of litigation, ranging from individual personal injury cases to complex multi-party litigation on both a regional and national basis. Our cases involve almost every area of practice, including unfair trade practices, commercial disputes, breach of contract actions, personal injury, healthcare liability, medical devices, catastrophic explosion and toxic torts, among other areas. Our environmental litigators, who frequently collaborate with the regulatory team on matters that are both in litigation and under regulatory enforcement, offer an extremely effective combination of integrated environmental cost recovery and property damage litigation experience.
Areas of Practice
Our most well-known practice areas include Environmental Litigation, Contribution and Cost Recovery; Environmental Regulatory Practice; Environmental Transactions and Risk Management; Natural Resources; Railroad Operations and Litigation; Ports and Port-Related Businesses; Contaminated Sediments; Industrial Accidents, Catastrophic Releases and Emergency Response; Commercial Litigation; Healthcare, Medical and Pharmaceutical Litigation; Oil and Gas/Pipeline Practice; and Appellate Practice. Please visit our website's "Areas of Practice" section for more detailed information of our experience and qualifications in these areas.
firm overview
The Firm’s lawyers have garnered national praise as “phenomenal litigators.” Clients describe Debra Baker as “one of the most capable environmental lawyers in the country” as published in the Chambers Partners USA Guide.