Mr. Baker was awarded Texas Super Lawyer in 2007, and again from 2014 to 2018. He has also won the Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Award for his work in Brazos County from 2018 to 2020. This year, he was proudly elected to The Texas Bar Foundation as one of their “Fellows”.
Achieving Through Giving
Mr. Baker was recently appointed to the Texas Bar Foundation, a charitable-funded foundation aimed at assisting the public and improving the profession of law. The Texas Bar Foundation is a non-profit corporation organized under the provisions of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act. It is governed by a board appointed by the President of the State Bar of Texas, the Board of Trustees of the Texas Bar Foundations, and the Fellows of the Foundation. As expected of nearly anything related to Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation is the largest of its kind in the country.
The Texas Bar Foundations relies on the contributions of its Fellows to give back to the community in efforts to help fellow Texans. The Fellows help fund grants to organizations that benefit Texans in need such as: provide legal assistance to underprivileged citizens, counsel for survivors of domestic abuse, immigration law assistance, and educate the public on the justice system.
To date, the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded more than $17 million in grants to organizations around the state. Mr. Baker is honored to have been one of the 1/3 of 1% of lawyers elected to this position, and hopes to be of great service to fellow Texans through this appointment.