Hugh Baker

ATTORNEY

BIOGRAPHY

Hugh’s background working in his family’s lumbar and hardware stores helped give him
a unique understanding of the challenges business owners within the construction
industry face. Hugh uses that experience to help his clients navigate and resolve some
of their most difficult issues, so that they can maintain their focus on running a
successful business.  

Hugh focuses his practice on construction litigation, with a particular emphasis on
residential and commercial construction defect claims. Hugh earned his B.S. from The
University of Central Arkansas and J.D. from Tulane University School of Law, where he
was a managing editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal.

EDUCATION

ADMISSIONS: – State of Texas – United States District Court for the Southern District
of Texas

EDUCATION AND COURSES: – The University of Central Arkansas – Tulane
University School of Law

PRACTICE AREAS: – Construction and Infrastructure – Construction Dispute
Resolution – Business Litigation

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS: – Construction Law Foundation of Texas – Texas Young
Lawyers Association – Houston Bar Association – Maritime Law Association – 2023
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: – “Sailing to Calmer Seas: The UK Insurance

Act 2015 and Its Potential Effect on U.S. Marine Insurance Markets and Law.” Tulane

Maritime Law Journal Vol. 41