Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Paul Francis has extensive first chair experience in complex business and commercial litigation and arbitration in all levels of state and federal courts. He has tried over 50 cases in court and in arbitration and argued more than 20 cases on appeal in state and federal appellate courts. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Francis is a Fellow of the Houston Bar Foundation and a member of the Houston, Texas and American Bar Associations and the Litigation Committees of each. Mr. Francis was a panelist for the American Arbitration Association, Houston, in the years 1995-2000, and served as an arbitrator in six cases during that period.

Mr. Francis was elected by his peers to be a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, is a member of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, was named by Texas Monthly Magazine as a 2006 “Super Lawyer,” was named as one of Houston’s Best Lawyers in 2005 by the H Texas Magazine, and is listed in the 2006-2007 “Honors Edition” of the Madison Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Litigation
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation
• Commercial Litigation
• Product Liability and Toxic Tort
• Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement
• International Litigation
• Environmental and Energy
• IP Litigation
• Emergency Response and Crisis Management
• Subprime Lending Litigation
• Trade Regulation and Antitrust

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1976
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1997
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2001
• U.S. Tax Court, 1989
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1974

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Houston Bar Foundation
• Houston Bar Associations (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Texas Bar Associations (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine
• Houston's Best Lawyers, H Texas Magazine
• Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals, 2006 - 2007

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1973
  J.D.
• Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1970
  B.A.
  Major: Government

Address

1000 Louisiana
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002-5009

Phones

(713) 646-1334

Faxes

(713) 751-1717

Emails

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Websites

http://www.bakerlaw.com