About the Firm

Reese W. Baker

Reese W. Baker is a partner in the firm of Baker & Associates in Houston, Texas. The firm specializes in bankruptcy matters for both consumer and business cases. Mr. Baker is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Business Bankruptcy Law and he is also board certified by the American Board of Certification in Business Bankruptcy Law.

Mr. Baker has participated in numerous national bankruptcies. He has also served as in-house counsel for Summa Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Baker has acted as attorney in charge for debtors and lenders, has represented trustees, creditors committees and retiree committees, and been actively involved in successful reorganizations around the country.

Mr. Baker is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He has been a contributing writer for the yearly edition of the Bankruptcy Law Update published by Aspen Law since 1998. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas in 1984.

Mr. Baker was previously a partner in the law firm of Broocks, Baker & Lange, LLP in Houston. Before working with Broocks, Baker & Lange, he was an associate at Andrews & Kurth, LLP. He received his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University and his J.D. from Southern Methodist University. He was an editor of the Southwestern Law Journal in 1978-1979. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on March 4, 1954; admitted to the Bar in 1979 in Texas.

Mr. Baker is currently a member of the board of directors of Millennium Relief and Development Services, Inc., an international relief organization with headquarters in Houston and KSBJ, a non-profit radio station in Houston. He is a member of Christ Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Houston and on the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

Patrick J. Gilpin, Jr.

Patrick J. Gilpin, Jr. is a partner in the firm of Baker & Associates in Houston, Texas. The firm specializes in bankruptcy matters for both consumer and business cases. Mr. Gilpin has many years of experience in dealing with bankruptcy cases.

Mr. Gilpin received his B.S. degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and his J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.