Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. is composed of 63 attorneys in New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and Houston.

The attorneys at Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. possess a wide range of backgrounds and legal skills and are drawn from every region of the United States. The firm's attorneys include former law clerks at the state and federal court levels, chairmen and members of numerous bar association committees and governing bodies, teachers at various law schools, authors and lecturers. Most of our lawyers served in editorial positions on law review or were active in Moot Court programs in law school, and a number graduated first in their law school classes.

Members of the firm are active in the community and serve on a wide variety of charitable boards, and the firm has been recognized as a leading supporter of various pro bono projects that provide free civil legal services to the underprivileged.

Statement of Practice

Administrative, Admiralty and Maritime, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business, Class Actions, Commercial, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Construction, Corporate, Criminal, Election, Campaign and Political, Energy, Environmental, Franchises and Franchising, General Practice, Government, Health Care, Hospital, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation Medical Malpractice, Natural Resources, Privacy, Products Liability, Real Estate, Regulatory, Securities, Taxation, Trust and Estates, Toxic Tort, Utility and Wills.

Representative Clients:

AFC Enterprises, Inc.
Apache Corp.
Bank of America
Bayou Steel Corp.
BHP Billiton Petroleum
Capitol One, N.A.
Castex Energy, Inc.
Century Exploration
Charles Schwab & Company
Cobalt International Energy, L.P.
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
ConocoPhillips Co.
Cox Communications
EnCana Corp.
Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited
ENI Petroleum Co.
Entergy Corp.
EOG Resources, Inc.
ExxonMobil Corp.
GE Capital Corp.
Goodrich Petroleum Co.
Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP
Hilcorp Energy Co.
Hunt Oil Co.
Itochu Corp.
JAS Construction, Inc.
Konica Minolta
Leed Petroleum LLC
Lion Copolymer, LLC
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Lonza Group Ltd.
Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Louisiana Oil and Gas Assn.
National Oilwell Varco
Northrop Grumman Corp.
OMNI Energy Services Corp.
Orleans Levee District
Pan American Life Insurance Co.
Petsec Energy Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co.
Sizeler Co.
Southpark Community Hospital
Spectra Energy Corp.
SpeeDee Oil Change, Inc.
St. James Parish Hospital
Swift Energy Co.
The Shaw Group Inc.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)
Woodside Energy (USA), Inc.

Address

400 East Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 4200
Lafayette, LA 70598-1829, (Lafayette Parish)

Phone

Phone: 337-237-0132
Fax: 337-237-3451

Website

http://www.gordonarata.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, See Professional Biographies New Orleans, Louisiana)

MEMBERS OF FIRM

B. J. Duplantis (A P.L.C.) (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 12, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Louisiana; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Petroleum-Chemical Engineering, 1961); Loyola University (J.D., 1966). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1965-1966. Member: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. (Resident). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Conservation; Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Exploration; Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Law; Energy.Email: B. J. Duplantis (A P.L.C.)

William F. Bailey (Member) born Venice, Louisiana, December 23, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1967); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1970). Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author: "State Regulation of Oil and Gas Production," Energy Law and Transactions, Matthew Bender, 1990. Coordinator, Louisiana State Law Institute, 1971-1972. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1973-1974. Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Preparation of Rules and Regulations for Mining and Reclamation of Lignite in the State of Louisiana, Office of Conservation, 1979. Member, Committee on Revision of Rules of Procedure, Office of Conservation, State of Louisiana, 1982-1983. Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Conservation, 1994—. Member: Lafayette, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Association of Professional Landmen; Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen; Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans. (Resident). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Conservation; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Environmental Compliance; Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Energy.Email: William F. Bailey

Samuel E. Masur (Member) born Monroe, Louisiana, July 13, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana; 1985, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1979); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1982). Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Member: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American (Member, Litigation, Natural Resources, Environmental and Business Law Sections) Bar Associations; American Association of Professional Landmen; Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen; American Inn of Court of Acadiana (Master). (Resident). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Oil and Gas Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Energy.Email: Samuel E. Masur

Matthew J. Randazzo, III (Member) born Donaldsonville, Louisiana, April 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Mineral Law; Environmental Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources; Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Environmental Litigation; Oil and Gas Law; Civil Litigation; Corporate Commercial Law; Energy.Email: Matthew J. Randazzo, III

Gregory G. Duplantis (Member) born Houston, Texas, January 22, 1962; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (J.D., 1996). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Resident). Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Law; Energy.Email: Gregory G. Duplantis

R. Thomas Jorden, Jr. (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.A., 1982); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1985). Author, "The Interplay Between Operating Agreements and Unit Orders in Establishing Ownership of Production", Landman, November/December 1988. Co-Author: "Subleases, Overriding Royalty Interests and Reversionary Rights," by R. Thomas Jorden, Jr., Margaret D. Swords, Landman, May/June 2001; "AAPL Model Deepwater Operating Agreement," by Bill Moore, R. Thomas Jorden, Jr., HAPL Spring Technical Workshop, April 12, 2001; "Subleases, Overriding Royalty Interests and Reversionary Rights," by R. Thomas Jorden, Jr. and Margaret D. Swords, 2000 Gulf Coast Institute, October 26-27, 2000. Author and Speaker: "The 1996 API Model Form of Offshore Operating Agreement," 43rd Mineral Law Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 28-29, 1996; "Joint Operating Agreements 101, A Back to Basics Review," AAPL 42nd Annual Meeting and International Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 19-21, 1996. Member: Fifth Federal Circuit and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association; Independent Petroleum Association of America; American Association of Professional Landmen; Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans; Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen; Houston Association of Professional Landmen; Louisiana Mineral Law Institute (Member, Advisory Council); American Petroleum Institute (Former Member, AAPL Shelf Operating Agreement Subcommittee, 2002; Subcommittee on Offshore Operating Agreements; Forms Committee and Subcommittee on Model Form Deepwater Operating Agreement, 2000). Reported Cases: Snyder Oil Corp. v. Samedan Oil Corp., 208 F.3d 521 (5th Cir. 2000); Louisiana Intrastate v. Martin Intrastate, 623 So.2d 664 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1993). Practice Areas: Energy; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Regulatory Law.Email: R. Thomas Jorden, Jr.

Gerald H. Schiff (Member) born Opelousas, Louisiana, September 27, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1963; J.D., 1967). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Speaker: "New Bankruptcy Act," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Louisiana State Bar Association, February 1980; "The Pros and Cons of the Bankruptcy Remedies," Louisiana State University Law School, 1983. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Louisiana, 1992-2006. Member: St. Landry Parish (President, 1979), Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; Bankruptcy Bar Association of Southwest Louisiana (Vice President, 1988-1989). [Capt., U.S. Army, 1967-1969]. Reported Cases: In re Cajun Electric Power Co-Op, Inc., 230 B.R. 343 (Bkrtcy MD LA 1999); In re WRT Energy Corp., 282 B.R. 343 (Bkrtcy WD LA 2001). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Mediation.Email: Gerald H. Schiff

Joseph Charles Giglio, III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 21, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1998; J.D., 2001). Member: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Lafayette Young Lawyers Association; Inns of Court of Acadiana. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Title Examination; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Joseph Charles Giglio, III

ASSOCIATES

Matthew D. Lane, Jr. (Associate) born Aberdeen, Maryland, October 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Georgia State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Phi Kappa Phi; Gamma Beta Phi; Sigma Tau Delta. Recipient: Atlanta Law School Fellowship; Professor David J. Maleski Prize for Excellence in Torts; Outer Barrister's Guild Award; CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in: Property; Torts; Contracts; Evidence; Advanced Evidence; Conflict of Laws; Professional Responsibility; Constitutional Law I; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Law; Law and the Elderly; Employment Law; Employment Discrimination. Member, Georgia State University Law Review. Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. [U.S. Army, Sgt./E-5, Airborne, Air Assault, 1989-1994; Louisiana Army National Guard, Sgt./E-5, 1994-1999]. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Casualty Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Professional Liability; Maritime Personal Injury.Email: Matthew D. Lane, Jr.

Julie Deshotels Jardell (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 7, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2001); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2007). President, Moot Court, 2006-2007. Order of Barristers. Recipient, Law Excellence Award in Law and Poverty. Member, Loyola Maritime Law Journal. Teaching Assistant, Moot Court, 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Acquisitions.Email: Julie Deshotels Jardell

Christopher B. Bailey (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 5, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.G.S., 2000); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Title Examination; Oil and Gas Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Christopher B. Bailey

Talbot M. Theunissen (Associate) born Lafayette, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2009, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.G.S., 2006); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2009). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Talbot M. Theunissen