William T. Baker, Jr.

Of Counsel

F: (212) 298 8338

Overview Experience Insights News Education and Credentials Recognition and Community Outside Interests

Overview

William Baker advises energy and public utility clients, and focuses his practice on corporate matters, particularly those regarding financing, restructuring and corporate governance, as well as regulatory and policy issues.

William has been recognized as a leading energy and natural resources lawyer, as well as the senior statesman in New York, in the 2008-2014 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers.

Prior to joining Day Pitney, William was senior counsel at a large international law firm. He was previously a partner at Thelen LLP, and its predecessor, Reid & Priest LLP, where he concentrated on energy and utility corporate, regulatory and policy matters and held leadership positions, including chair of the firm and its executive committee during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He also served as chair of its Energy Policy and Regulatory group from the early 1990s until Thelen's dissolution in 2008.

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Education and Credentials

Education

University of VirginiaJ.D.1968

Yale UniversityB.A.cum laude1965

Admissions

State of New York

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Affiliations

American Bar Association, Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section; Committee on Infrastructure Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions; vice chair, 2004-present

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, member

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Subcommittee on Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, chairman, 1994-2006

Energy Bar Association (EBA), member

Bar Association for the City of New York, member

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 Counsel Group, chairman, 1994-2006

Edison Electric Institute Legal Committee, chairman, 1997-2000

Recognition and Community

Recognition

Chosen for inclusion in Chambers USA Legal Directory (Chambers & Partners), 2009-2015

Chosen for inclusion in Chambers Global (Chambers & Partners), 2009-2011

Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), 1991-2018

Recognized as a New Jersey and New York Super Lawyers (Thompson Reuters), 2009-2012

Named in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resources Lawyers (Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC)

AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell (LexisNexis)

No aspect of these advertisements have been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. See Awards Methodology.

Community

Board of Directors, Lynn Chase Wildlife Foundation

Board of Directors, Housatonic Valley Association