Английская Википедия:Baker Botts

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One Shell Plaza contains the Baker Botts headquarters

Baker Botts L.L.P. is an American law firm with approximately 725 lawyers. Headquartered in One Shell Plaza in Downtown Houston, Texas,[1][2] the firm has energy and technology related clients.[3][4] It is the second-oldest law firm west of the Mississippi.[5]

History

19th century

The firm was originally founded as Gray and Botts in 1865, by Peter W. Gray and Walter Browne Botts.[6] In 1872, James Addison Baker joined the firm, and the name was changed to Gray, Botts & Baker. Gray left the partnership in 1874 to join the Supreme Court of Texas, and the two remaining partners, Walter Browne Botts and Judge Baker, renamed the firm Baker & Botts. Judge Baker's son, Captain Baker, joined the firm as a clerk in 1877, a lawyer in 1881, and became a partner in 1887, at which time the name became Baker, Botts, and Baker.Шаблон:Citation needed paragraph In 1896, Captain Baker, personal attorney for Texas millionaire William Marsh Rice, drew up a new will for Rice and was the will's executor.

20th century

In 1900, Rice was poisoned in his bed by his valet, Charles F. Jones, and his New York City lawyer, Albert T. Patrick. Captain Baker was a witness and helped investigate the murder after Patrick produced a will that gave him control of $5 million in 1904. Baker got the will as evidence in the case, and it was subsequently proved that Patrick had forged Rice's signature on the will he submitted. The case was not settled until 1910, and by that time the estate had grown to almost $10 million. When the intent of Rice's will was finally executed, it led to the establishment of the William Marsh Rice Institute, which is now called Rice University.[7]

Captain Baker's son also joined the firm in 1919, and his classmate and friend, Henry Malcolm Lovett, joined in 1924. Walter H. Walne served as managing partner from 1926 to 1933.Шаблон:Citation needed James Addison Baker, III, former Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration and United States Secretary of State (a.k.a. James Baker) joined the firm as a senior partner in 1993 after leaving public service. He maintained two offices in Washington, being also affiliated as a partner at the Carlyle Group.[8]

21st century

Merger with Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin

Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin (formerly Miller, Cassidy & Evans) was a Washington, D.C.-based boutique law firm specializing in litigation, particularly criminal defense. Among the firm's founding partners and namesakes were Herbert J. "Jack" Miller and John Cassidy, both former United States Department of Justice officials. Miller had led the Criminal Division under Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.[9] The firm's prominent clients included President Richard Nixon, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, NASCAR, and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in its litigation with Food Lion grocery stores.[9] The firm merged with Baker Botts in 2001.[9][10]

Renaming as Baker Botts and recent history (2000-prsent)

In 2000, the firm renamed itself Baker Botts.[11] In 2023, Danny David was elected managing partner of the firm.[12] In 2024, two individuals in Baker Botts' antitrust practice, including Maureen Ohlhausen, left the firm to join Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.[13]

Baker Botts is active in community service and pro bono efforts. The firm provided legal support for victims of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and responded to the COVID crisis with the publication of a COVID-19 Community Resource Guide.[14]

Rosneft controversy

Dutch quality newspaper NRC investigated Baker Botts's representation of Russian energy company Rosneft in a Dutch court case dealing with the Russian state's appropriation of Yukos. The two company were embroiled in a bitter feud between Vladimir Putin and an opponent of his, Khodorkovsky, the controlling shareholder of Yukos. Khodorkovsky was subsequently jailed, and Rosneft picked up the pieces of Yukos' bankruptcy.

Journalist Joep Dohmen of NRC[15] wrote that Baker Botts helped its client Rosneft forge Armenian court rulings to shore up Rosneft's claims in Dutch courts. NRC, claiming possession of the actual court papers, found that Baker Botts partner Ryan Bull and his Moscow associate Izabella Sarkisyan were co-authors of the verdict in Case 1494, which, according to NRC, was handed to Armenian judge Dremeyan on a USB drive. According to NRC, the text included the Armenian coat of arms. The NRC article has been translated into English.[16] The article stated that Rosneft and Baker Botts denied NRC's allegations. The article also stated that Yukos settled out of court after the Dutch court admitted the proof of these actions.

Notable partners and employees

Miller Cassidy

Notable attorneys who worked at Miller Cassidy before its merger with Baker Botts included:

References

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  1. ↑ "Baker Botts hires corporate partner." Austin Business Journal. Wednesday January 21, 2004. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Houston, Texas Шаблон:Webarchive." Baker Botts. Retrieved on August 25, 2010. "One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Street | Houston | Texas..."
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  5. ↑ Williams, Marjorie. "Jim Baker is smooth, shrewd, tough and coolly ambitious. That's why Washington loves him", The Washington Post, January 29, 1989.
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ Vise, David A.. "Former Secretary of State Baker Joins Carlyle Group", The Washington Post, March 11, 1993.
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 Шаблон:Cite news
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 Шаблон:Cite news
  11. ↑ History – Baker Botts
  12. ↑ Houston Litigator Elected Next Managing Partner of Baker Botts, Texas Lawyer, June 16, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  13. ↑ 13,0 13,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  14. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  15. ↑ Rosneft manipuleerde de rechtsgang in Nederland, NRC, 24 November 2016
  16. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  17. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  18. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  19. ↑ Bryce, Robert. – "It's a Baker Botts World". – The Nation. – September 23, 2004.
  20. ↑ Christopher R. Cooper Final Senate Questionnaire, Senate Judiciary Committee (January 6, 2014.
  21. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  22. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  23. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  24. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  25. ↑ 25,0 25,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  26. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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