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Senior Associate

Baker Botts LLP is an international law firm with approximately 725 lawyers practicing throughout a network of offices around the globe.

Dustin Appel’s practice focuses on commercial and business litigation, particularly energy litigation and international arbitration matters. Drawing on his economics and accounting background, he often works with clients and experts regarding damages modeling and other financial aspects of litigation. Prior to law school, Mr. Appel worked for several years in Russia and Central Asia in the freight forwarding industry providing logistics services to the energy and mining sectors. Mr. Appel is proficient in written and spoken Russian.Mr. Appel then entered public accounting, where he worked on audit and tax engagements for clients as varied as securities broker-dealers, construction contractors and heavy equipment lessors. He also has experience in industry accounting in the oilfield services sector. Mr. Appel continues to maintain a license as a Certified Public Accountant. Following graduation from law school, Mr. Appel served as a law clerk to the Honorable Barbara J. Houser, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.