BakerHostetler is home to over 1,000 lawyers across 17 offices throughout the United States. The firm maintains the requisite list of BigCorp clients, as well as a small, respectable lobbying practice. 

A Little Investment

BakerHostetler was founded in 1916 on the basis of a $1,500 investment by three lawyers in Cleveland. The firm has long been active in the political world, with namesake Newton Baker serving as the Secretary of War during World War I. A few years later, Baker attorneys represented private utility companies in their nearly 20-year fight against New Deal legislation that authorized the creation of massive public power projects. Baker lawyers later advised a number of key players in the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals. Today, the firm has grown beyond its r...