John Preston Baker
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Biography
John Baker is a Founding Partner with the law firm of Baker | Moran. John represents electric utility companies and pipeline companies in all facets of right of way acquisitions, including due diligence, contract negotiations, document review, and eminent domain matters. With the great demand for energy infrastructure in Texas, clients have also looked to John for representation in commercial real estate transactions, including purchase of real property for, among other things, gas processing facilities and electric substation facilities. John is also a certified instructor for the International Right of Way Association.
Professional Affiliations and Honors
• Texas Bar Association • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow • Texas Utility Lawyers
• Patrick Higginbothom Inn of Court
• International Right of Way Association
• National Order of Barristers
• Recognized as a “Texas Rising Star” by Texas Super Lawyers, a service publication of Thomson Reuters, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013
• SMU Law School Moot Court / Mock Trial Coach of the Year, 2005
Publications and Speeches
• Eminent Domain Issues Related to the Oil & Gas Industry, published by The Center for American and International Law’s Institute on Planning, Zoning, and Eminent Domain, 2009
• Procedural Issues in Eminent Domain, published by The Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 2011
Education and Professional Background
• Judicial Law Clerk, Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals, 2003-2004
• Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D., 2003
• Computer Law Review and Technology Journal, Articles Editor
• University of Texas at Dallas, B.A., cum laude, 2000
• International Right of Way Association, Certified Instructor
• Texas Real Estate Commission, Certified Instructor
