Kevin Jacobs > Baker Botts L.L.P. > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Section Chair – Litigation (Firmwide)

Career

Kevin Jacobs’ trial practice focuses on commercial disputes and arbitrations for clients in the energy, chemicals, transportation, and life sciences industries. Mr. Jacobs’ work in the energy space has included renewables, power, mid-stream, and downstream disputes before courts, regulatory bodies, and arbitration panels. He has tried over twenty lawsuits, arbitrations, and regulatory proceedings to decision, including eleven jury trials, in five different states. His trial practice is centered on his talent for effectively conveying his clients’ stories to juries, judges, and arbitrators. His cases have involved a broad range of claims, including breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, fraud, environmental, construction, product liability, premises liability, and other business torts.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits

United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Texas Bar Foundation

Houston Bar Association

Houston Bar Foundation

Education

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 1999
with honors
Order of the Coif
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review

B.A., Mathematics, The University of Texas 1996
with high honors
Phi Beta Kappa

Leisure

When not practicing law, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, especially on the Little League fields.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort

Baker Botts L.L.P. continues to advise global corporations in a wide variety of services related to class action, product liability and toxic tort litigation, with specialisms in defending tort and nuisance litigation claims arising from a full range of environmental events, claimed exposure to a large variety of alleged toxins and residential contamination of dwellings and neighborhoods. Heading the Houston office, Russell Lewis has litigated for a variety of clients dealing with government investigations and environmental matters, while Benjamin Gonsoulin , also in Houston, covers the full spectrum of defense with regards to tort and nuisance litigation. Gonsoulin is also noted for his assistance provided to energy based clients in crisis responses for major environmental incidents including leaks, spills and explosions. Washington DC-based Joshua Frank handles environmental litigation matters under environmental statutes and regulatory program including the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. Houston based Kevin Jacobs’ energy space practice covers renewables, power, mid-stream and downstream disputes before courts and regulatory bodies. With prior experience working as a trial lawyer for the environmental department of the Department of Justice, Kent Mayo, who is situated in Washington DC, represents clients in compliance and enforcement matters related to statutes including the Clean Air Act.