Baker & Botts in the Development of Modern Houston

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As counsel for Pennzoil's successful effort to recover billions of dollars in damages from Texaco over the acquisition of Getty Oil Company, the Bakerand ampBotts law firm of Houston, Texas, achieved wide public recognition in the 1980s But among its peers in the legal and corporate worlds, Bakerand ampBotts has for more than a century held a preeminent position, handling the legal affairs of such bluechip clients as the Southern Pacific Railroad, Houston Lightingand ampPower Company, Rice University, Texas Commerce Bank, and Tenneco In this study, Kenneth J Lipartito and Joseph A Pratt chronicle the history of Bakerand ampBotts, placing particular emphasis on the firm's role in Houston's economic developmentFounded in 1840, Bakerand ampBotts literally grew up with Houston The authors chart its evolution from a nineteenthcentury regional firm that represented easternbased corporations moving into Texas to a twentiethcentury national firm with clients throughout the world They

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