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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

Baker Botts L.L.P.
700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001-5692
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Kent Mayo

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Work Department

Litigation - Environmental, Safety & Incident Response

Position

Partner

Career

Kent Mayo handles a wide variety of environmental matters, with a focus on environmental litigation and enforcement defense and strategic regulatory compliance. He represents clients in toxic tort and class action litigation arising from environmental issues. His litigation work also includes serving as lead counsel in multiple enforcement actions brought by the United States, states and citizen groups under the Clean Air Act and other statutory programs.

In the regulatory sphere, Kent counsels clients on rulemakings and regulatory compliance and works with clients to develop broad strategies for working with regulators. He assists clients in compliance investigations and audits addressing multiple statutory schemes, including the Clean Air Act, RCRA (coal ash) and the SDWA. Kent also works with clients to prepare for and respond to environmental crisis events, including working with responders and regulators such as EPA, Chemical Safety Board and state agencies to protect the client’s interests.

Kent previously worked as a trial lawyer in the Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led teams in complex environmental litigation, settlement negotiations and mediations across a broad range of civil environmental actions, including cases involving Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act violations and cases arising under CERCLA’s remedial, cost recovery and natural resource damages provisions.

Memberships

District of Columbia Bar

State Bar of Colorado

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section

Education

J.D., Washington University School of Law 1995
Order of the Coif
Editor in Chief, Washington University Law Quarterly

A.B., Political Science, Duke University 1990
cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort

Baker Botts L.L.P. generates a substantial amount of toxic tort and nuisance litigation work from clients in the energy sector, running the gamut from occupational exposure in relation to toxins released at manufacturing plants, personal injury and property damage caused by the alleged release of toxins and product liability claims regarding chemical products. The team also excels at defending companies following large-scale environmental incidents, including in crisis response, as well as to deal with the ensuing regulatory inquiries and in any follow-on class action litigation. Drawing upon a deep understanding of the operational issues and litigation risks facing companies in the energy and manufacturing industries, Houston-based Russell Lewis excels in handling these type of multi-faceted mandates, as well as regularly advising clients in the space from a risk management perspective. As well as handling toxic tort and class action litigation arising from environmental issues, Washington DC-based Kent Mayo also often assists clients on compliance and enforcement matters relating to environmental regulations including the Clean Air Act, adding deep insight, in part due to his previous tenure as a trial lawyer in the environmental section of the DOJ. Also based in Washington DC, Joshua Frank combines his legal and scientific background to good effect on behalf of clients seeking to prevail in the defense of citizen suits and government enforcement actions in relation to environmental statutes, as well as in conventional toxic tort matters. Mayo and Frank co-head the team alongside Houston-based Tynan Buthod.

 

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