C.J. Baker

Proven Verdicts
Houston, TX10 years experienceAdmitted 2016

About C.J. Baker

C.J. Baker is a Partner at Armstrong Lee & Baker LLP in Houston, Texas, where he represents victims of catastrophic injuries including 18-wheeler crashes, oilfield equipment failures, offshore platform explosions, and defective medical devices. He has won millions of dollars for his clients through aggressive trial advocacy.

C.J. earned his Juris Doctor summa cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2016, graduating Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers. During law school he served as an editor of the Texas Tech Law Review, was a top national trial and moot-court advocate, and interned for a federal judge.

Before joining Armstrong Lee & Baker in 2020, C.J. practiced at Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the world's largest law firms, handling multi-million dollar business disputes, and then at the Heard Law Firm focusing on catastrophic injuries and national medical device litigation. He became a partner in 2021. C.J. has been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2026), recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2023-2026), selected for Best Lawyers Ones to Watch (2023-2025), and ranked among the Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$4.5 millionVerdict

A Texas appeals court affirmed a $4.5 million jury award for Jerry Thomas, an East Texas man who lost his hand at a sawmill in Rusk, holding that the owner never established an employment relationship and could not invoke the workers' compensation exclusive-remedy defense.

Texas Twelfth Court of Appeals (Tyler); trial court: 2nd District Court, Cherokee County · 2026Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Texas Tech University School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 2016

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 2016
American Association for Justice
Houston Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2026)
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2023-2026)
Best Lawyers Ones to Watch (2023-2025)
Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers
Order of the Coif
Order of Barristers

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