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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
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700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001-5692
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Martha Thomsen
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Work Department
Litigation / Environmental, Safety & Incident Response
Position
Partner
Career
Martha Thomsen represents and advises clients in complex environmental litigation and regulatory compliance matters, with a focus on CERCLA, RCRA, the CWA, and related state laws. Her experience spans numerous industries, including traditional and renewable energy, chemicals, and manufacturing. Ms. Thomsen’s career at Baker Botts includes bringing and defending complex CERCLA suits, and successful litigation of such suits through trial. Most recently, Ms. Thomsen was a member of the trial team that successfully obtained a $20.3 verdict for cleanup costs against the federal Government associated with World War II-related contamination. Exxon Mobil Corp. v. United States, 2020 WL 5573048 (Sept. 16, 2020).
Ms. Thomsen also has specific expertise in matters related to coal combustion residuals, and helps companies navigate compliance and liability risks in a complex and versatile regulatory landscape. Ms. Thomsen regularly engages with state and federal agencies on a variety of waste and water issues, and has negotiated numerous successful resolutions and settlements. Finally, Ms. Thomsen is actively engaged in helping companies and agencies identify long-term issues and solutions associated with increased reliance on renewable energy sources.
Memberships
Ms. Thomsen is admitted in Washington DC and Maryland, as well as in the following courts: the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the US District Court for the District of Maryland, and the US Court of Federal Claims.
Education
JD, cum laude, University of Michigan Law School 2012
BA, cum laude, Carleton College 2007
Personal
Publications
Key PFAS Provisions in Defense Bill to Impact Military, Industry Handling, Bloomberg Law (December 2019) (with J. Barton Seitz and Jennifer Golinsky)
Justices Weigh Property Rights Against Superfund Plans, Law360 (December 2019) (with Joshua Frank)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)