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Jamie K. Baker
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jbaker@thompsoncoe.com
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Dallas
700 North Pearl Street
Twenty-Fifth Floor - Plaza of the Americas
Dallas, Texas 75201
214.871.8293 direct  |  214.871.8209 fax
Assistant:
Sheila Groenevelt
214.880.2689 direct
sgroenevelt@thompsoncoe.com
Overview

Jamie K. Baker’s experience includes the organization and management of state and federal litigation projects involving complex insurance and business issues. Her experience includes case evaluation and motion practice; preparation of dispositive motions and related pleadings; legal research; staff supervision and management responsibilities; contract negotiations/review; and extensive oral advocacy.

Representative Experience
  • Obtained appellate ruling reversing lower court decision on matter of significant impact to indemnitors
  • Obtained summary judgment in federal court dismissing insurer from multi-million dollar lawsuit on grounds of no duty to defend
  • Obtained traditional and no-evidence summary judgments in various state courts on behalf of both personal lines and commercial insurers in both first-party and third-party matters
  • Advised numerous homeowner's insurers on procedures, protocols, and defenses to new legal theories raised by homeowner's insurance mold litigation
  • Managed local counsel in ongoing multi-state commercial litigation
  • Represented U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee in ongoing federal litigation matters
Professional and Community Activities
  • Member, Dallas Bar Association
  • Advisory Board Member, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts
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Education
  • South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1987
  • University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., 1978, Art History
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, 1988
  • United States District Court Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court Western District of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals  Fifth Circuit
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