Baker & Hostetler partner Drew Tipton has been nominated to a federal bench in Houston.

President Donald Trump announced Tipton's nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Wednesday.

With Baker & Hostetler since 1999, Tipton practices labor and employment and trade secret litigation. He has also worked as an attorney with Marek, Griffin, & Knaupp and Littler Mendelson.