Kelly Hart Pitre

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Kelly Hart Pitre’s team of Louisiana lawyers focuses on energy and environmental matters. We represent our clients in litigation, regulatory, transactional, and governmental work. Our Louisiana experience and knowledge is enhanced by being part of a firm with more than one hundred sixty attorneys in four offices.

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Claudia Carrizales

Claudia Carrizales joins the firm as an associate in the New Orleans office’s Oil & Gas/Energy section.

Ms. Carrizales graduated cum laude from Loyola University, New Orleans School of Law, where she served as a member of the Maritime Law Journal. Ms. Carrizales was a Dean’s Scholarship recipient and served on the Moot Court staff. Prior to law school, Ms. Carrizales received her B.A. in English Literature and Political Science at Louisiana State University. https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Claudia-Carrizales

Claudia Carrizales

Associate

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Ms. Krystin Frazier

Krystin Frazier is an associate in the energy/environmental law section in our New Orleans office and represents clients in oil, gas and energy litigation and transactions. She represents both oil and gas exploration companies, as well as land owners in various matters, including claims and disputes, environmental litigation, commercial litigation, and environmental regulatory work. Ms. Frazier also has considerable experience in cases involving breach of contract, premise liability, products liability, toxic torts, and business disputes.

https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Krystin-Frazier

Ms. Krystin Frazier

Associate

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Mr. Demarcus Gordon

Demarcus Gordon is a partner in the Oil and Gas/Energy and Environmental Litigation Sections. He represents clients in general litigation, environmental litigation, environmental due diligence, crisis management, oil and gas litigation, premises liability litigation, and mass tort and class action lawsuits.

https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Demarcus-J-Gordon

Mr. Demarcus Gordon

Partner

Phone: (504) 522-1812

Lesli Harris

Lesli Harris

Of Counsel

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Ms. Aimee Hebert

Aimee Hebert helps clients in the energy business solve their challenging legal problems. Her experience includes disputes that involve mineral royalties, mineral lease termination, implied obligations, mineral servitude maintenance, operating agreements, production handling agreements, blowouts, and oilfield environmental issues. https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Aimee-W-Hebert

Ms. Aimee Hebert

Partner

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Ms. Jane Jackson

Jane Jackson focuses her practice in the areas of environmental litigation, oil and gas, and commercial litigation. She handles the defense of environmental claims by landowners alleging environmental damage arising from oil and gas exploration and production operations. Ms. Jackson has represented public entities in land use cases involving the appropriation of property for constructing and maintaining hurricane protection levees, and she also has experience handling cases involving land loss claims in coastal areas, toxic torts, maritime personal injury, and construction contracts. https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Jane-A-Jackson

Ms. Jane Jackson

Associate

Phone: (504) 522-1812

Daniel Lichtl

Daniel Lichtl

Partner

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Mr. Loulan Pitre

Loulan Pitre leads our Louisiana offices and focuses his work on energy, natural resources and the environment. His law practice concentrates on the most challenging aspects of doing business in and protecting the vulnerable environment of Louisiana’s working coast. He has represented oil and gas and other industrial companies, real estate developers, financial institutions, ports, levee districts and other public entities, and players in the construction and service industries. While serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, he was intimately involved in the development of the state’s coastal restoration and protection program and large transportation infrastructure projects such as the elevated highway to Port Fourchon. https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Loulan-J-Pitre

Mr. Loulan Pitre

Partner in Charge

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Ms. Kelly Ransom

Kelly Ransom is a partner in Kelly Hart’s New Orleans office and focuses her practice on coastal law and energy, oil and gas, and environmental litigation.

Ms. Ransom represents oil and gas companies in legacy litigation in which landowners and public entities allege environmental damage from oil and gas exploration and production operations and often claim damages totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. In particular, she defends clients against claims of land loss and damaged hydrology in wetlands and coastal areas. These cases involve issues relating to federal and state laws and regulations and permits issued under state and federal coastal management laws and regulations such as Louisiana’s State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act and the Clean Water Act.

https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Kelly-Ransom

Ms. Kelly Ransom

Partner

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Rachel Scarafia

Rachel Scarafia is an associate in the firm's Oil & Gas Practice, New Orleans office.

Ms. Scarafia graduated from Florida Atlantic University Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College with a B.A.and received her Masters of Education at Florida Atlantic University College of Education. She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and served as a member of the Loyola Law Review. Ms. Scarafia is a William L. Crowe Sr. Scholar.https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Rachel-Scarafia

Rachel Scarafia

Associate

Phone: (504) 522-1812

Ms. Mary Schlegel

Ms. Mary Schlegel

Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Phone: (817) 878-9333

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Rick Shelby

Rick Shelby is an experienced attorney who specializes in bankruptcy, restructuring, oil and gas litigation, commercial litigation and corporate governance. His representation includes secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, committees, and debtors. Mr. Shelby has handled virtually all aspects of bankruptcy work from complex chapter 11 cases representing debtors, creditors’ committees and secured creditors to consumer bankruptcy cases in chapter 7 and 13.https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Patrick-Rick-M-Shelby

Rick Shelby

Partner

Phone: (504) 522-1812

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Rep/Contact Info

Claudia Carrizales Associate

Ms. Krystin Frazier Associate

Mr. Demarcus Gordon Partner

Lesli Harris Of Counsel

Ms. Aimee Hebert Partner

Ms. Jane Jackson Associate

Daniel Lichtl Partner

Mr. Loulan Pitre Partner in Charge

Ms. Kelly Ransom Partner

Rachel Scarafia Associate

Ms. Mary Schlegel Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Rick Shelby Partner

Claudia Carrizales

Associate

Ms. Krystin Frazier

Associate

Mr. Demarcus Gordon

Partner

Lesli Harris

Of Counsel

Ms. Aimee Hebert

Partner

Ms. Jane Jackson

Associate

Daniel Lichtl

Partner

Mr. Loulan Pitre

Partner in Charge

Ms. Kelly Ransom

Partner

Rachel Scarafia

Associate

Ms. Mary Schlegel

Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Rick Shelby

Partner