Holli Pryor-Baze is a trial lawyer with extensive experience in handling complex litigation, including commercial, insurance, maritime, energy and intellectual property matters. Ms. Pryor-Baze’s current practice focuses on complex commercial and toxic tort litigation in state and federal courts. Her representations have included—
- an international chemical company in litigation brought by Houston-area school districts for damages related to the hazards and removal of lead-based paint
- a Houston-based fumigation company in motion to dismiss all claims, based on economic loss doctrine, brought by an international purchaser of grain cargo for alleged damage to grain
- a London-based insurance company in multimillion-dollar coverage litigation involving numerous policies with multiple insurers covering over 10 years of policy periods
- a Houston-based oil and gas company in litigation against an operating company for property damage arising out of a fire at a processing facility in Louisiana
- an insurance company in coverage litigation involving a “professional services” exclusion after the insured’s employee caused the death of a youth resident in the insured’s group home
- an international pharmaceutical company in a $1 billion arbitration against a drug development company for failing to use reasonable efforts in the development of cancer-fighting drugs
- an international agricultural manufacturer in litigation against Galveston County for failure to properly maintain and treat stores of wheat in its grain warehouse
- various Gulf Coast employers in defense of personal injury lawsuits brought under the Jones Act, the Longshoreman’s Act and federal maritime law
- a Texas ice-cream maker’s defense of its deceased son’s estate against claims made by the holder of a holographic will.
Ms. Pryor-Baze previously worked at another law firm in Houston, where she worked on complex commercial and patent infringement litigation.
Ms. Pryor-Baze earned her B.A. with honors from Austin College in 1994 and her J.D. cum laude in 1999 from the University of Houston, where she was articles editor of the Houston Law Review. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. She is an active member of the Houston Bar Association, the Houston Young Lawyers Association and the Association of Women Attorneys.