Marshall L. Baker

Partner

Areas of Focus

Marshall L. Baker

Partner

mbaker@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Litigator representing clients in complex civil actions and arbitrations across the country.
  • Focuses on high-value business disputes and class actions.
  • Represents clients across sectors, including investment management & private equity, energy, transportation, telecommunications and technology.

Marshall is a litigator and advisor who concentrates his practice on business disputes and multistate class action defense.

He handles high-stakes commercial disputes on behalf of public and private companies and has represented clients at trials and arbitrations venued across the country. He has successfully defended countless class actions, including defeating class certification and obtaining dismissals of claims at the pleading stage and on summary judgment.

Marshall also has a robust advisory practice, providing guidance and counsel to asset management and financial services clients relating to corporate transactions and litigation risk.

Representative Work
  • Representing major bottle manufacturer and distributor in novel government enforcement action pending in California.
  • Representing renewable energy company in complex buy-out and valuation dispute.
  • Representing leading tequila company in putative nationwide misrepresentation class action.
  • Defeated class certification of proposed false advertising and fraud class action brought against telecommunications company.
  • First-chaired arbitration and obtained complete defense award for telecommunications company in arbitration involving alleged privacy violations under federal law.
  • Defeated class certification of proposed product defect class action brought against major automotive company.
  • Represented global technology company in several putative class actions concerning alleged misrepresentations in the labeling of consumer and business products and alleged product defects.
  • Represented co-founder of leading bitcoin derivatives trading platform in complex civil litigation filed in state and federal courts.
  • Represented major civil construction company in complex partnership dispute.
  • Represented a multinational retailer in a putative class action involving claims for false and deceptive pricing.

Education
  • J.D., University of California, Davis, School of Law, 2014

  • A.B., University of California, Davis, with highest honors, 2011

Bar Admissions
  • California

Recognitions
  • Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, 2025-2026.

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