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Earl Austin

Senior Counsel · Baker Botts L.L.P.

United StatesComplex Commercial Litigation, Class Action LitigationEnglish

About

Earl Austin is a Senior Counsel at Baker Botts with over 35 years of experience representing Fortune 500 corporations in complex commercial, class action, and mass tort litigation, with a particular focus on the life science and health care industries. He has a national trial practice and has handled trial and appellate matters in more than thirty states, as well as intellectual property and False Claims Act litigation.

Practice areas

Complex Commercial LitigationClass Action LitigationMass Tort LitigationIntellectual Property LitigationFalse Claims Act Litigation

Office

Expertise

Life SciencesHealth CareChemical IndustryTechnology SectorTrial PracticeAppellate Practice

Education

  • J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 1982 with honors
  • B.J., Journalism, The University of Texas 1979 with highest honors

Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas
  • New York State Bar
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits
  • United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

Languages

English