Affiliated Faculty
Keith B. Hall serves as Director of the Laborde Energy Law Center. He is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Mineral Law Institute. His course offerings include Mineral Rights, Advanced Mineral Law, International Petroleum Transactions, and an Energy Law Seminar that focuses on environmental issues relating to oil and gas activity.
Nicholas Bryner is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Climate Change Law and Policy Project. He teaches IEnvironmental Law, Administrative Law, Natural Resources Law, and Energy Law & Regulation.
Patrick H. Martin is Professor Emeritus of Law and one of the nation’s leading authorities on mineral law. He remains an adjunct faculty member offering seminars in the area of oil and gas law.
Patrick S. Ottinger is an LSU Law alumnus and long-time adjunct faculty member who teaches Mineral Rights and an Oil & Gas Seminar.
Apprenticeship Week Faculty
Maryam Brown is the President of Southern California Gas Company. She teaches an Apprenticeship Week course on Energy Policy & Climate Change.
Mark Menezes is the President and CEO of the United States Energy Association, and the founder of Global Sustainable Energy Advisors, LLC. He teaches an Apprenticeship week course on Energy Policy & Climate Change.
Gordon Polozola is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller with over twenty-five years of experience in electricity, natural gas pipelines and telecommunications. He teaches an Apprenticeship Week course in Energy Regulatory Law.
Carrie Tournillon is a partner in the New Orleans Office of Kean Miller with eighteen years of experience in administrative and public utility law. She teaches an Apprenticeship Week course in Energy Regulatory Law.
Randy Young is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller with twenty-five years of experience in electric utility regulation and environmental law. He teaches an Apprenticeship Week course in Energy Regulatory Law.
Special Advisor
Mark Boudreaux is Special Advisor to the Laborde Energy Law Center. A 1984 graduate of the Law Center and former Senior Director of Federal Relations for Exxon Mobil Corporation, Mr. Boudreaux assists with fundraising; marketing and promotion; field placement, internship, and employment opportunities for students in the energy and environmental sectors; and other programmatic matters.
