Baker Botts has played a significant role in the evolution of the energy industry since the discovery of oil on Spindletop Hill in 1901 changed the Texas economy. The firm continues to be a major player in what today is a highly diversified industry.

Bill Kroger, a Houston partner and firmwide cochair of the energy practice group, said the firm represents companies involved in oil and gas exploration and production as well as those providing oil field services, electrical utilities and entities developing renewable energy sources.