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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
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Ben Geslison
Work Department
Tax
Position
Special Counsel
Career
Ben Geslison is an experienced trial and appellate litigator and tax attorney, actively practicing in state and federal courts at all levels. Mr. Geslison’s practice currently focuses on state and local tax controversies, commercial disputes, and constitutional law matters. He has first-chair experience in trying jury trials to verdict in both state and federal district court. Mr. Geslison also regularly handles high-profile appellate matters in state and federal appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Geslison also regularly advises clients on state and local tax matters, including tax audits and redeterminations, letter rulings, litigation, voluntary disclosure programs, settlement negotiations with state and local taxing agencies, and providing comparative analysis of tax issues across states for clients’ use in strategic planning.
Prior to attending Harvard Law School, Mr. Geslison worked for several years as a business consultant for Accenture, assisting several of Silicon Valley’s tech giants optimize their systems and business processes.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Louisiana State Bar
Oklahoma State Bar
Wyoming State Bar
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Houston Bar Association
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School 2010
cum laude
Senior Editor & Business Manager, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Dean’s Scholar: Advanced Legal Research, Antitrust, Foundations of Western Legal Thought
B.S., Biology, Brigham Young University 1999
magna cum laude
Golden Key National Honor Society
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: contentious
Baker Botts L.L.P. maintains longstanding expertise in the energy, technology, and financial services sectors and is highly active in both federal and SALT matters. The group, which demonstrates expertise in audits, appeals, and litigation, is additionally noted for its robust private client practice, which has expertise in estate and gift tax disputes. Houston-based SALT chair Renn Neilson covers disputes relating to sales tax, property tax, and income tax and is particularly sought out by clients in the energy sector. John Porter and Keri Brown work alongside Neilson in the Houston office and are both highly active on behalf of high net worth individuals and families. San Francisco’s Jon Feldhammer has a broad practice covering work for both individuals and public companies, while Ben Geslison, in Houston, is experienced as a trial and appellate litigator. William Gorrod left the firm in February 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
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)