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Derek R. McDonald

+1 512 322 2667 derek.mcdonald@bakerbotts.com View profile

Work Department

Litigation / Environmental, Safety & Incident Response

Position

Partner

Career

Derek McDonald has practiced in the area of environmental law and litigation for over 25 years concentrating on air quality matters and the development of infrastructure projects. He frequently handles matters before federal and state environmental agencies, including counseling on air quality, municipal, hazardous or radioactive waste, National Environmental Policy Act, and Endangered Species Act matters and the representation of clients in contested administrative proceedings and in federal and state courts.

Admitted to Texas Bar in 1993; New York Bar in 2019. Joined Baker Botts in 1994; admitted to partnership 2001.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

New York State Bar

Education

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 1992
with honors

Order of the Coif
Associate Editor, The Review of Litigation

B.A., Russian, The University of Texas 1989
with honors

Personal

Introduction to the Clean Air Act, presented on behalf of Environmental Law Institute, Western Boot Camp, 2018-2021.