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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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Patrick Leahy
Work Department
Global Projects / Energy Regulatory
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Patrick Leahy advises clients in a range of energy regulatory, administrative law, and civil litigation matters at the state and federal levels. He has represented utilities and other regulated entities before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and in contested cases before the State Office of Administrative Hearings. He has extensive experience with judicial review of agency action before District Courts and Courts of Appeals. Mr. Leahy’s experience also includes transactional support, advice concerning crisis management, infrastructure and environmental permitting and contaminated site issues.
Mr. Leahy has first and second chair litigation experience, including oral argument, dispositive motions, preparation and examination of expert witnesses, taking and defending depositions, all phases of discovery including eDiscovery, appellate briefing, and acting as lead attorney in mediations. He has also tried six pro bono jury trials that resulted in favorable outcomes. Mr. Leahy serves on the Associate Advisory Council for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law, and Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Following graduation from law school, Mr. Leahy served as term clerk to the Honorable Andrew W. Austin, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. He was a member of the 2015 class of Leadership for Austin’s Emerge program for young professionals. Before law school, Mr. Leahy taught high school social studies at PSJA Memorial High School in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, through Teach for America. During college, he spent two summers in Washington, D.C., interning at a tax policy think tank, and on Capitol Hill for United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
United States District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2014
B.A., Loyola University of Chicago 2008
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