Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Michael L. "Mike" Baker
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2011 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Mike Baker began his practice in 1977 in Strong Pipkin’s Beaumont office. Over those years of practice, he handled or tried to conclusion all types of personal injury litigation: worker's compensation, vehicular collision, industrial, retail or commercial premises liability, railroad crossing accidents, FELA, Jones Act, general maritime and offshore rig accidents, and 42 USCA 1983 actions defending local governmental units involving civil rights violations, and/or work place discrimination/harassment, general products liability involving a host of products, medical malpractice, and toxic tort involving asbestos, silica, benzene and other chemical exposures.
Overview
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1976
- Southern Methodist University, BA, graduated 1973
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
- Maritime Law Association of the United States - Member
- Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- Jefferson County Bar Association - Past President
- All Texas Courts
- U. S. District Court for Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
- U. S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
- U. S. Supreme Court
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
- Maritime Law Association of the United States - Member
- Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- Jefferson County Bar Association - Past President
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1976
- Southern Methodist University, BA, graduated 1973
- All Texas Courts
- U. S. District Court for Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
- U. S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
- U. S. Supreme Court
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Beaumont (2021)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Beaumont (2020)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Beaumont (2016)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Beaumont (2014)
- Personal Injury Litigation, Beaumont (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Mass Tort Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation
Awards:
- Houston’s Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine (2013)
- Martindale Hubbell, AV rated
- "Texas Super Lawyer," Top 100 Houston Region (2008)
- “Texas Super Lawyer,” Texas Monthly Magazine (2006-2020)
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Toxic Tort, Premises & Products Litigation
- Trial counsel for a major oil company in the successful defense in a trial of multiple Plaintiffs’ claims involving household exposures and contractor premises exposures and multiple asbestos related diseases and malignancies;
- Successfully defended a major oil company as lead trial counsel from premises liability claims involving a mixed dust pneumoconiosis/autoimmune disease;
- Counsel for major oil and chemical companies in joint defense benzene and butadiene cases;
- Defended and successfully prosecuted appeal for supplier Defendant in major federal class action asbestos case from Eastern District of Texas;
- Environmental Litigation
Successfully defended a major oil company against claims for injuries and medical monitoring costs as a result of underground storage tank leak
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