Background
Poitevent, Edward B. was born on October 19, 1949 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Poitevent, Edward B. was born on October 19, 1949 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Tulane University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971. Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Phelps Dunbar, Limited liability partnership Admitted to the bar, 1974, Louisiana. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.
Listed in Who"s Who in American Law, 1995. Author or Company-Author: "Louisiana"s New Marital Property Laws as they Apply to Mineral Transactions," 28th Annual Mineral Law Institute, Louisiana State University School of Law, 1981.
"Some Legal Considerations on Investigating in Minerals in the United States," First International Seminar on Petroleum Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1988.
"Company-Ownership Of Natural Gas In Place And As Produced," Institute On Oil and Gas Operations in Federal and Coastal Waters," Rocky Mountain & Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1989. Company-Author: "Recent Developments in Mineral Law," Louisiana State Bar Association Publication, 1983 and 1984. "State Regulation of Oil and Gas Production," and "State Regulation of Pipelines," Chapters 5 and 6 Energy Law and Transactions, Matthew Bender, 1990.
"A Report From the Front Lincolnshire: Gas Balancing Issues Currently Affecting Onshore and Offshore Production," Sixth Natural Gas Conference, University of Tulsa College of Law, 1990.
"Take-or-Pay: The Aftermath," Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, 1991 and 1992. "A Primer on Gas Balancing," 37 Loyola L. Review
832 (1992). And "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Adopts Orders 636 and 636-A," Oil and Gas Law & Taxation Review, Volume 10, Issue 1 (1992).
"The Louisiana Mineral Code and the Civil Law Tradition," Volume 12, Issue 5 (1994), Oil and Gas Law & Taxation Review and Program Company-Chair and Company-Author, "State Regulation of Intrastate Oil and Gas Pipelines in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana," Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines, Wellhead to End User, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (1995). Company-Author, "Recent Developments on the Outer Continental Shelf," 47th Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, Southwest Legal Foundation (1996).
Louisiana Reporter, Mineral Law Newsletter, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1985. Contributing Editor, Oil and Gas Law & Taxation Review, 1986.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee, Louisiana Office of Conservation, Pipeline Division, 1985.
Member, Advisory Committee, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, 1989-1992. Member, Subcommittee on Unit Operations, American Petroleum Institute, 1990-1991. Company-Chairman, Oil and Gas Section, 36th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 1990.
Trustee-at-Large, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (1995).
Member, Board of Trustees, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1990-1994. Member, Environmental Conservation Council, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, 1992-1995.
Member, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Natural Gas Committee, 1994. Offshore Committee, 1994.
Member: Louisiana State, Federal Energy (Chairman, Public Lands Committee, 1991-1992) and American (Vice-Chairman, Natural Gas Marketing and Transportation Committee, 1990-1992.
Chairman, 1992. Chairman and Member, Alien Ownership Restrictions Subcommittee, Natural Gas and Oil Committees, 1985-1986, Council Member, 1994-1996, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section. Energy Litigation Committee.
Chairman, Annual Meetings Program, 1991-1992.
Editor, Newsletter, 1992-1993. Chairman, 1993-1995, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations. American Association of Petroleum Landmen (Member, Forms Committee.
Chairman, Ad Hoc Model Form Gas Balancing Agreement Subcommittee, 1989-1992).
Louisiana State Law Institute (Mineral Code Committee, 1992). Phelps Dunbar is a law firm of more than 200 attorneys, 88 of whom are partners.
The firm was established in 1853. In addition to its office in New Orleans, Louisiana, the firm has offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Jackson, Mississippi.
Tupelo, Mississippi. Houston, Texas. And London, England. The firm is organized into various groups reflecting the firm"s areas of practice.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee, Louisiana Office of Conservation, Pipeline Division, 1985. Member, Advisory Committee, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, 1989-1992. Member, Subcommittee on Unit Operations, American Petroleum Institute, 1990-1991.
Company-Chairman, Oil and Gas Section, 36th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 1990.
Trustee-at-Large, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (1995). Member, Board of Trustees, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1990-1994.
Member, Environmental Conservation Council, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, 1992-1995. Member, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Natural Gas Committee, 1994.
Offshore Committee, 1994.
Member: Louisiana State, Federal Energy (Chairman, Public Lands Committee, 1991-1992) and American (Vice-Chairman, Natural Gas Marketing and Transportation Committee, 1990-1992. Chairman, 1992; Chairman and Member, Alien Ownership Restrictions Subcommittee, Natural Gas and Oil Committees, 1985-1986, Council Member, 1994-1996, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section. Energy Litigation Committee.
Chairman, Annual Meetings Program, 1991-1992.
Editor, Newsletter, 1992-1993. Chairman, 1993-1995, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations.
American Association of Petroleum Landmen (Member, Forms Committee. Chairman, Ad Hoc Model Form Gas Balancing Agreement Subcommittee, 1989-1992).
Louisiana State Law Institute (Mineral Code Committee, 1992).