Ian Shelton

About Ian Shelton

With more than a decade of experience, Ian has an active commercial disputes practice. He routinely represents a broad range of corporate and individual clients in the following areas: • Energy Litigation • Class Action Defense • Appellate • Administrative and Environmental Law / Appeal of Agency Actions • Alternative Dispute Resolution and Arbitration • Cryptocurrency Litigation • Construction Litigation • Plaintiff-side Litigation • Multi-jurisdictional Litigation • Complex Commercial Litigation in Texas and California Ian’s extensive experience managing complex litigation matters covers a wide range of business issues and jurisdictions, including most recently representing a cryptocurrency lending platform in class action litigation in the Northern District of California, and individual cryptocurrency disputes in Arizona and Florida; a fast fashion retailer in class action litigation in the Central District of California; insurers in class action litigation in the Central and Northern Districts of California and the Western District of Texas; a property owner in a complex, multi-party construction dispute in Contra Costa Superior Court; a construction manager in a clean energy dispute in Kern County Superior Court; an investment professional in a contentious multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration with a venture capital fund in California, Delaware and Texas; a technology company in a contract dispute with a mall operator in a New York arbitration; a small refinery challenging various EPA final agency actions in the Ninth and D.C. Circuits; a lawyer and law firm appealing a sanctions order in the Ninth Circuit; multiple claimants seeking recovery of economic losses associated with an oil spill in the Southern District of Texas; a mortgage company in a contract dispute in the Central District of California; an international bank in a letter of credit dispute in the Central District of California; an international bank in a wire transfer dispute in Texas state court and the Western District of Texas; investors involved in green energy contract disputes in San Francisco Superior Court and the Southern District of California, and a large medical practice in a contract dispute in Los Angeles Superior Court, the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court.

Experience

1. Partner

   Baker McKenzie

   Jan 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Ian is an experienced commercial litigator and trial attorney, with a practice that focuses on complex commercial disputes and litigation strategy at the trial and appellate levels. He routinely represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of areas, including: energy and renewables litigation, class action defense, technology and contract disputes, toxic torts, appeals, administrative and environmental law, cryptocurrency litigation, and construction litigation. He is skilled in crafting practical and business-oriented solutions to seemingly intractable disputes, including in the pre-litigation stage. Ian is licensed in both Texas and California and has assisted his clients in a variety of disputes in state and federal courts and arbitration venues across the country.

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

  2003 — 2006

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor's Degree, Plan II Honors Program, Philosophy

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Arbitration
• Appeals
• Trials
• Legal Research
• Class Actions
• Intellectual Property
• Securities Litigation
• Torts
• Legal Writing
• Competition Law
• Courts
• Patent Litigation
• Trade Secrets
• Trial Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Antitrust
• Litigation
• Civil Litigation