Baker Botts L.L.P.

Litigation / Environmental, Safety, and Incident Response

Partner

Section Chair - Environmental Safety & Incident Response (Austin)

Paulina Williams advises clients across industrial and commercial sectors on complex environmental matters. Paulina's experience spans water quality, water rights, waste, air, and natural resources issues. She has worked extensively on environmental permitting, including contested case hearings, cross-agency consultations, and permit defense in state and federal courts. She advises clients on environmental compliance, litigates environmental claims, and provides transactional support addressing significant environmental permits, liabilities, or risks.

State Bar of Texas; New York State Bar; Austin Bar Association; State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section; Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA), Board Member; Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association, Board Member

J.D., Harvard Law School 2005; Bachelor of Architecture, The University of Texas 2000

Publications

Essentials of Texas Water Law, 7th Ed., co-authored update to Integrating Water Quality Standards into Water Management Programs; What We are Watching in 2023, Environmental Evolutions, February 2023; Texas Wetlands Conference, presented NEPA Update: Let’s Take a Hard Look, April 2023, presented Waters of the U.S. Update, February 2022, co-presented What’s New In Nationwide Permitting, Jan. 2021; Changing Face of Water Law Conference, presented Eye on the CWA –Developments in Nationwide Permitting, Feb. 2021, Southern Gas Association Technical Conference, co-presented Natural Resource Damage Assessment Case Study, Feb. 2020; TWCA Convention, presented Waters of the US Update, Mar. 2020.