Laborde Energy Law Center Council Members
2024
| Mr. Robert B. “Skip” Allen* | General Counsel | Helis Oil and Gas Co. |
| Mr. Jacques Besnainou | President | Kurion – VEOLIA |
| Ms. Caroline Blitzer Phillips* | Partner | Latham & Watkins LLP |
| Mr. Dan Borne | Past President | Louisiana Chemical Association |
| Mr. Mark Boudreaux* | Sr. Director, Federal Relations (Ret.) | ExxonMobil Corporation |
| Mr. Marcus Brown | Executive Vice President & Gen. Counsel | Entergy Corporation |
| Ms. Maryam S. Brown* | Vice President, Federal Government Affairs | Sempra Energy |
| Mr. Kevin Bruce* | Senior Counsel & Director of Government Affairs | Arena Energy LLC |
| Ms. Lori Cameron* | ||
| Mr. William M. Comegys* | Attorney | Law Office of William M. Comegys III |
| Dr. Christopher F. D’Elia | Dean | LSU School of Coast & Environment |
| Mr. Jon-Al Duplantier* | President, Rental Tools and Well Services | Parker Drilling |
| Mr. Bob J. Duplantis | Partner | Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis Eagan |
| Mr. John N. Estes III* | Partner | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
| Mr. Calvin Fayard* | Founding Partner | Fayard & Honeycutt |
| Mr. Tyler Gray | Secretary | La. Department of Energy & Natural Resources |
| Mr. Edmund Giering* | General Counsel | Baton Rouge Area Foundation |
| Mr. Joseph L. Hargrove, Jr.* | Shareholder | Hargrove Smelley Strickland & Langley |
| Mr. Steven Hatcher* | Vice President, Land and Legal | T2 Operating |
| Mr. Johnnie W. Hoffman* | Chief Attorney | ExxonMobil Global Services Company |
| Mr. Jonathan Hunter* | Partner | Jones Walker |
| The Hon. Brian Jackson | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court | Middle District of Louisiana |
| The Hon. J. Bennett Johnston* | Chair, Energy Law Council | Johnston & Associates |
| Mr. Lenard L. Kilgore III* | Retired Partner | Kean Miller LLP |
| Mr. Adam Knapp | President & CEO | Baton Rouge Area Chamber |
| Mr. Cliffe F. Laborde* | Managing Member | Laborde Marine |
| Ms. Kimberly J. Lewis* | Secretary of Revenue | Louisiana Department of Revenue |
| Ms. Marjorie McKeithen* | Partner, Co-Chair, Energy Team | Jones Walker LLP |
| Mr. Andrew Melsheimer* | Partner | Holland & Knight |
| Mr. J. Patrick Morris* | Associate General Counsel | Shell Oil |
| Mr. John T. Nesser III* | Co-Founder, Manager and Co-Exec. Officer | All Coast, LLC |
| Mr. John T. (J.T.) Nesser, IV* | Managing Counsel, Deep Water – U.S. Gulf of Mexico | Shell Oil Company |
| Mr. James W. Noe* | Partner | Holland & Knight |
| Dr. David D. Norriss | Director, Environmental Affairs | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. |
| Ms. Mary Johnston Norriss | President | J. Bennett Johnston Science Foundation |
| Mr. Patrick S. Ottinger* | Founding Partner | Ottinger Hebert LLC |
| Mr. Daryl Owen* | Founder | Daryl Owen Associates, Inc. |
| Ms. Margaret Patton* | Founding Partner | Patton Law Firm |
| Mr. Frederick J. “Rick” Plaeger, II* | V.P., Government Relations (Ret.) | EOG Resources, Inc. |
| Mr. Robert R. Rabalais* | Partner | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP |
| Mr. Robert K. Reeves* | Ex. V.P., General Counsel & CAO (Ret.) | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| Mr. Oliver G. “Rick” Richard III* | President | Empire of the Seed |
| Ms. Yvette K. Schultz* | General Counsel and Vice President – Legal | Antero Resources |
| Mr. Harry W. Sullivan, Jr.* | Kosmos Energy | |
| Mr. Robert G. Szabo* | Partner/Coord.- Public Policy Practice | Van Ness Feldman LLP |
| Mr. Uisdean R.Vass* | Managing Director | VassPetro Limited |
| Mr. Stephen Waguespack | President | LA Association of Business & Industry |
| Laranda Walker* | Associate | Susman Godfrey |
| Dr. Judy Wornat | Dean | LSU, College of Engineering |
*LSU Law
