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| | Address | | 318 St. Charles Street | | Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 | | (East Baton Rouge Parish) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| 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. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
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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