Ian S. Shelton

Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

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Biography

Ian Shelton is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Houston office and is a member of the Firm's Litigation and Government Enforcement practice group. Ian is licensed in both Texas and California and has assisted his clients in a variety of disputes in state and federal courts and arbitration venues across the country.

Practice Focus

Ian is an experienced commercial litigator and trial attorney, with a practice that focuses on complex commercial disputes and litigation strategy at the trial and appellate levels. He routinely represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of areas, including: energy and renewables litigation, class action defense, technology and contract disputes, toxic torts, appeals, administrative and environmental law, cryptocurrency litigation, and construction litigation. He is skilled in crafting practical and business-oriented solutions to seemingly intractable disputes, including in the pre-litigation stage.

Representative Legal Matters

Representing technology companies in complex contract disputes and pre-litigation negotiations.
Representing a cryptocurrency lending platform in class action and customer litigation in the Northern District of California, and individual cryptocurrency disputes in Texas, Arizona, and Florida.
Representing a fast fashion retailer in class action litigation in the Central District of California.
Representing insurers in class action litigation in the Central and Northern Districts of California and the Western District of Texas.
Representing a property owner in a complex, multi-party construction dispute in Contra Costa Superior Court.
Representing a construction manager in a clean energy dispute in Kern County Superior Court.
Representing an investment professional in a contentious multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration with a venture capital fund in California, Delaware and Texas.
Representing a technology company in a contract dispute with a mall operator in a New York arbitration.
Representing a small refinery challenging various EPA final agency actions in the Ninth and D.C. Circuits.
Representing a lawyer and law firm appealing a sanctions order in the Ninth Circuit.
Representing multiple claimants seeking recovery of economic losses associated with an oil spill in the Southern District of Texas.
Representing a mortgage company in a contract dispute in the Central District of California.
Representing an international bank in a letter of credit dispute in the Central District of California.
Representing an international bank in a wire transfer dispute in Texas state court and the Western District of Texas.
Representing investors involved in green energy contract disputes in San Francisco Superior Court and the Southern District of California.
Representing a large medical practice in a contract dispute in Los Angeles Superior Court, the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court.

Admissions

Texas~United States
California~United States
U.S. Supreme Court~United States
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit~United States
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit~United States
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit~United States
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit~United States
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas~United States
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas~United States
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas~United States
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas~United States
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California~United States
U.S. District Court, Central District of California~United States
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California~United States
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California~United States
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California

Education

University of Texas (BA, with highest honors)
University of Texas School of Law (JD, with honors)

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