James A. Baker, Jr.
For other people named James Baker, see James Baker (disambiguation).
James Addison Baker, Jr. (1892–1973) was an American attorney in the firm later renamed Baker Botts.[1]
His father, Judge James Addison Baker, was a well-known Texas attorney - a partner at Gray, Botts & Baker. James Addison Baker, Jr. became a partner after ten years with the firm - at which time the name became Baker, Botts and Baker. Today, the law firm is called Baker Botts, a major United States-based international law firm of around 800 attorneys.
His son, James A. Baker III, is the political figure especially known from the Reagan and G. H. W. Bush administrations.
Baker Jr. was prepared at the West Texas Military Academy in San Antonio (now TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas).
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