About Jeremy
Jeremy Baker trained on the East Coast before building a career in midwestern construction law. He earned a B.A. from the University of California in 1999 and a J.D. from Tulane University Law School in 2001. Early courtroom exposure came as a judicial extern in 2001 for Chief Judge Emeritus Morey L. Sear of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and he served as a law clerk in Washington, D.C., in 1999.
After law school, Baker joined the subrogation group at Cozen O’Connor PC as an associate in 2002. That role introduced him to insurance-related disputes and complex recovery matters. In 2006 he moved into construction law practice at Schiff Hardin LLP, becoming a partner in the firm’s Construction Law Group. He combined litigation and contract work there and participated in matters that ranged from mechanic’s liens to large commercial disputes. He later left to start his own firm.
Baker launched Baker Law Group, LLC in 2019. The firm handles construction and real estate disputes, contract matters, and insurance recovery work. He holds licenses in both Minnesota and Illinois and maintains memberships in several industry and bar organizations. Those affiliations include the Chicago Bar Association’s Construction Law & Mechanics Lien Subcommittee and the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry, both dating to 2006. He joined the Society of Illinois Construction Lawyers in 2020.
His involvement with the American Institute of Architects’ contract documents program dates back over a decade. He has served as a trainer for the AIA Contract Documents Train the Trainer Program since 2013 and has acted as an AIA Contract Documents Committee liaison since 2015. Those roles have kept him connected to changes in standard form agreements and procurement practices.
Baker has mixed practice with teaching and civic activity. He taught construction law as an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School’s Center for Real Estate Law in 2016. He served on the CityPAC Board of Directors from 2006 to 2015, and earlier co-chaired a congressional key contact committee for the AIPAC Chicago Young Leadership Council from 2003 to 2010.
Colleagues describe him as deliberate in contract review and practical in litigation strategy. He divides his time between counseling on contract terms and pursuing remedies in dispute resolution. He is currently practicing at Baker Law Group, LLC and focuses on construction, real estate, and insurance recovery matters.
