In 1900, Rice was poisoned in his bed by his valet, Charles F. Jones, and his New York City lawyer, Albert T. Patrick.

Captain Baker was a witness and helped investigate the murder after Patrick produced a will that gave him control of $5 million in 1904.

Baker got the will as evidence in the case, and it was subsequently proved that Patrick had forged Rice's signature on the will he submitted.

[12] The firm's prominent clients included President Richard Nixon, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, NASCAR, and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in its litigation with Food Lion grocery stores.

[17] In 2024, two individuals in Baker Botts' antitrust practice, including Maureen Ohlhausen, left the firm to join Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

The firm provided legal support for victims of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and responded to the COVID crisis with the publication of a COVID-19 Community Resource Guide.

The two companies were embroiled in a bitter feud between Vladimir Putin and an opponent of his, Khodorkovsky, the controlling shareholder of Yukos.

NRC, claiming possession of the actual court papers, found that Baker Botts partner Ryan Bull and his Moscow associate Izabella Sarkisyan were co-authors of the verdict in Case 1494, which, according to NRC, was handed to Armenian judge Dremeyan on a USB drive.

Notable attorneys who worked at Miller Cassidy before its merger with Baker Botts included: