Strain, Dennis & Bates, L.L.P.

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Law Firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 
Address
318 St. Charles Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
(East Baton Rouge Parish)
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Contact Information
Phone: 225-343-0100  
Fax: 225-343-0344
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http://www.sdmblaw.com
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Strain, Dennis & Bates, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all Courts. Trials. Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Probate, Trust and Estate Planning, Corporation, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Securities, Banking Law. Federal, State and Local Taxation Law.
Firm Size: 10
Representative Clients:
Exxon/Mobile Production Company; Albermarle Corporation; Phillips Petroleum Corporation; ARAXAS Exploration, Inc.; Wm. Bullen, Inc.; Dan A Hughes Co.; The Hise Company; HS Resources, Inc.; La. Dept of Natural Resources; McRae Exploration & Production; National Energy Group; Spitit Energy 76; Service Master; Samedan Oil Corporation; Mariner Energy, Inc.; Pennington Oil; Century Offshore Management Corporation; Lawton Oil Company; City of Lafayette; CMS NOMECO Oil & Gas Company; Cody Energy, Inc.; Crystal Oil Company; IP Petroleum Company, Inc.; Tejas Exploration Co.; SCANA Exploration Co.; Forcenergy Gas Exploration, Inc.; Greenhill Petroleum Corporation; Compagnie Lafayette, Ltd.; Crossroad Oil Co.; Voyager Oil & Gas; Entex Energy Operating, Ltd.; Enserch Exploration, Inc.; Torch Energy Advisors, Inc.; Petro-Assets Corp.; Mid Louisiana Gas Company; Dantex Oil & Gas, Inc.; Odyssey Partners, Ltd.; Neomar Resources, Inc.; AEDC (USA), Inc.; W.T. Waggoner Estate; Samson Resources, Inc.; Swift Energy Company; S & S Business Systems, Inc.; ProClean of Louisiana, Inc.; Louisiana Insurance Center, Inc.; Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.; Edge Petroleum Corp.; Geode Exploration Co.; Meridian Resource & Exploration; Fairfield Industries.

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: First American Title Insurance Co.; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Chicago title Insurance Co.; The Travelers Insurance Company; The Home Insurance Company; Hibernia National Bank; Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana; Union Planters Bank of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Specialties, Inc.; Gulf Waste Systems, Inc.

Other Office Locations of Strain, Dennis & Bates, L.L.P.
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A.
MEMBERS OF FIRM
Daniel M. Barbato (Member) born Houston, Texas, September 28, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1971; J.D., 1974). Member: Lafayette and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Daniel M. Barbato
James C. Bates (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, December 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1980). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mineral Law; Civil Law. Email: James C. Bates
Don R. Beard (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1975; J.D., 1978). Delta Theta Phi. Law Clerk to the Honorable Steve A. Alford, Jr., 1978-1979. Member, Panel of Arbitrators: American Arbitration Association; Better Business Bureau, 1987-1988. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Law Office Economics; Business Law) Bar Associations. Email: Don R. Beard
James L. Bullen (Member) born Lafayette, Louisiana, March 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1988); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1992). Member: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Lafayette Association of Petroleum Landmen; Baton Rouge Association of Petroleum Landmen; Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans. Practice Areas: Mineral Law; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: James L. Bullen
Howell A. Dennis, Jr. (Member) born Lafayette, Louisiana, December 17, 1938; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., 1961); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Special Counsel to the Attorney General (State Mineral Board), 1969-1970. Member: Lafayette, Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1973-1976) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute (Member, Advisory Committee on Property Law). [Lieut. (jg), U.S. Navy, 1961-1964]. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Real Estate Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Howell A. Dennis, Jr.
Christopher E. Janke (Member) born Monroe, Wisconsin, June 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1977). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Email: Christopher E. Janke
Thomas C. McKowen, IV (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1974; J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Law Clerk to the Hon. C. Lenton Sartain, First Circuit Court of Appeal, 1977-1978. Member: Baton Rouge, Feliciana (President, 1983-1984), Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Trust Estates; Probate and Immovable Property Law; Civil Law; Mineral Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Probate Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Thomas C. McKowen, IV
William S. Strain (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, July 8, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1971); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: Note, "The Limits of 'Public Interest'," 33 La. L.Rev. 351, 1973. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Chairman, Mineral Law Section, 1988-1989) and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation; Louisiana Mineral Law Institute. [Capt., Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1972-1974]. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; General Corporate Law; Civil Litigation. Email: William S. Strain
James L. Williams, IV (Member) born Houston, Texas, July 29, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Association of Petroleum Landmen; Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans. [Capt., U.S Army Reserves, 1972-1980, Ret.]. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Title Examinations.
OF COUNSEL
Elliotte M. Harold, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 27, 1938; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Loyola University of the South (B.S., 1960; J.D., 1975); Tulane University (M.B.A., 1962). Delta Theta Phi, Alpha Sigma Nu. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1973-1975. Author: "The Hearsay Rule: The Law of Evidence's Swiss Cheese," 21 Loyola Law Review 279, 1975. Member: Louisiana State (Member, Mineral Law Section; Chairman, 1985-1986) Bar Association. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation; Mineral Law Institute (Member, Advisory Board, 1986-1989). [Capt., Supply Corp., U.S. Navy, 1962-1988]. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Regulatory Agency Practice. Email: Elliotte M. Harold, Jr.
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Lafayette, Louisiana Office: 106 Heymann Boulevard, P.O. Box 53319, 70505. Telephone: 337-237-5900. Fax: 337-233-9095. Email: laf@sdmblaw.com

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