Each of the partners here at Baker, Burton & Lundy believe we have an obligation to give back to our community both legally and through community service. One of the most powerful ways in which Baker, Burton & Lundy has demonstrated its commitment to give back was regarding the fees it earned for its work in the $1.7 billion dollar win against El Paso Natural Gas Company. Baker, Burton & Lundy pledged to donate and then did donate 25% of their fees to charity.
When Baker, Burton & Lundy won $2 billion dollars against Sempra Energy for unfair business practices, it took a portion of its fees and endowed a chair for Consumer Protection at Loyola Law School. We believe that having a full-time professor specifically teaching the law of consumer protection will make a difference by inspiring lawyers to make this world a safer place to live and protecting the men, women and children of the State of California from unfair business practices. We believe that those who are blessed with the opportunity to go to law school and practice law also have the obligation to use that skill and expertise to promote justice. To those who are given much, much is expected. Baker, Burton & Lundy takes that verse very seriously.
