Mr Scott Elliott > Baker Botts L.L.P. > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
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Mr Scott Elliott
Work Department
Litigation / Environmental, Safety & Incident Response
Position
Partner
Career
Scott Elliott advises a wide range of clients on environmental, health and safety issues. Scott routinely counsels clients in the chemical and energy industries on matters involving major industrial accidents, crisis response, process safety incidents and workplace fatalities. Scott counsels clients with regards to compliance obligations under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and Process Safety Management (PSM) program regulations by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). He routinely counsels clients on conducting internal investigations. Additionally, Scott also advises clients on enforcement matters involving the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).
Scott has helped clients respond to investigations by OSHA, the EPA, the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the BSEE and state regulatory agencies.
Scott also counsels companies on environmental, health and safety (EHS) culture and the management of process safety. He routinely advises energy companies on emerging regulatory requirements and systems for overseeing EHS performance. In 2019, Scott was selected to sit on Law360’s Environmental Editorial Advisory Board.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2008
B.B.A., Finance, The University of Texas 2005
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
(Next Generation Partners)The team at Baker Botts L.L.P., led by Houston’s Scott Janoe, offers clients coast-to-coast expertise, handling a spread of environmental challenges such as incident response, energy transition, contaminated sites, as well as air and water quality and supply. The Houston-based Scott Elliott works predominantly with chemical and energy clients, assisting with environmental health and safety issues and investigations. Over in Washington DC, Debra Jezouit is known by clients from across pharmaceutical and chemical industries for her experience dealing with Clean Air Act issues, whilst Alexandra Dunn, former member of the EPA’s Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention division, is well equipped to handle the gamut of risk management advice concerning contaminants and chemicals, particularly regarding PFOS. The team has also been bolstered by the recent acquisition of DC-based partner Shailesh Sahay from Foley Hoag LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment: regulatory United States > Environment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)