James Edgar Baker[1] (born March 25, 1960) is an American attorney, judge, and academic.

Judge Baker has also served as a legislative aide and Acting Chief of Staff to the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York.

From 1997 to 2000, he was a Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council.

On June 22, 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Baker to the Public Interest Declassification Board.

In 2009, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College awarded Judge Baker the honorary degree of Master of Military Art and Science.