PALO ALTO, June 8, 2022 – Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, has continued to shine in the latest Legal 500 US rankings, with three Tier 1 rankings and a number of other recognitions across a range of practices in the 2022 version of the guide. The firm increased its practice rankings by nearly 10 percent from last year.

The firm earned the following Tier 1 practice rankings:

• Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

The firm also earned a number of Tier 2 practice rankings and was newly ranked in:

• Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Court of Appeals
• Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Supreme Courts
• Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
• Labor and Employment: ERISA Litigation

Six lawyers received the following rankings for the first time:

• Jessica Pulliam (Leading Lawyer) – Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
• John Taladay (Leading Lawyer) – Antitrust: Cartel
• Emil Barth (Next Generation Partner) - Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
• Stephanie Cagniart (Next Generation Partner) – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
• John Papaspanos (Rising Star) – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Christopher Wilson (Rising Star) – Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense

Lawyers who were again recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” or “Hall of Fame” were those in the following categories:

• Jason Bennett (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Michael Didriksen (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power; and Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Lisa Kattan (Leading Lawyer) – Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)
• William Kroger (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Bridget Moore (Leading Lawyer) – Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
• David Sterling (Leading Lawyer) – Securities Litigation: Defense
• John Taladay (Leading Lawyer) – Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Elaine Walsh (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Michael Goldberg (Hall of Fame) – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
• Steven Miles (Hall of Fame) – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

To view Baker Botts’ complete results in Legal 500 US 2022, click here.

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