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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
98 SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD
SUITE 1500
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701-4078
TEXAS
United States
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Paulina Williams
Work Department
Litigation / Environmental, Safety, and Incident Response
Position
Partner
Section Chair – Environmental Safety & Incident Response (Austin)
Career
Paulina Williams advises clients across industrial and commercial sectors on complex environmental matters. Paulina’s experience spans water
quality, water rights, waste, air, and natural resources issues. She has worked extensively on environmental permitting, including contested case
hearings, cross-agency consultations, and permit defense in state and federal courts. She advises clients on environmental compliance, litigates
environmental claims, and provides transactional support addressing significant environmental permits, liabilities, or risks.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas; New York State Bar; Austin Bar Association; State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section; Texas Water
Conservation Association (TWCA), Board Member; Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association, Board Member
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School 2005; Bachelor of Architecture, The University of Texas 2000
Personal
Publications
Essentials of Texas Water Law, 7th Ed., co-authored update to Integrating Water Quality Standards into Water Management Programs; What We are Watching in 2023, Environmental Evolutions, February 2023; Texas Wetlands Conference, presented NEPA Update: Let’s Take a Hard Look, April 2023, presented Waters of the U.S. Update, February 2022, co-presented What’s New In Nationwide Permitting, Jan. 2021; Changing Face of Water Law Conference, presented Eye on the CWA –Developments in Nationwide Permitting, Feb. 2021, Southern Gas Association Technical Conference, co-presented Natural Resource Damage Assessment Case Study, Feb. 2020; TWCA Convention, presented Waters of the US Update, Mar. 2020.
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
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- 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
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- 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)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense