Ayla, founded and operated by Baton Rouge attorneys, offers document automation software geared specifically for Louisiana law firms. Our software allows an attorney or their staff to quickly and accurately generate the most common legal documents for Family Law, Criminal Law, Successions, and Estate Planning/Interdictions matters. Ayla’s software simplifies this process by stepping an attorney through a checklist of questions specific to the document they need. Once all the details have been gathered, Ayla produces an accurate and jurisdiction-specific legal document. Designed to save time and reduce errors, Ayla enhances work-life balance while providing exceptional customer support and continuous improvements to meet the needs of Louisiana's legal professionals.

For more than 130 years, Baker Donelson has built a reputation for achieving results for our clients, both nationally and internationally, on a wide range of legal matters. While providing legal services is our focus, it is how we deliver them that sets us apart. Our goal is to provide clients with more than what they have come to expect from a law firm.

Baker Donelson commits to a deep understanding of a client's business, to enable us to anticipate clients' needs and assist in their decision-making processes. Because we offer consistent, knowledgeable guidance based on their specific goals and objectives, clients view us as a valued business partner. This allows them to focus on the growth and success of their businesses, confident their legal issues will be handled by an attentive, responsive team.

Our unique approach to providing legal and policy services is enabled by our extensive support structure. As the 80th largest law firm in the U.S., Baker Donelson gives clients access to a team of more than 700 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas, all seamlessly connected across more than 20 offices to serve virtually any legal and policy need. We provide to our clients a global network of local counsel and other professionals, and have helped our clients take advantage of global opportunities in more than 90 countries spanning six continents. Clients receive informed guidance from experienced, multi-disciplined industry and client service teams. Our federal and state public policy groups provide sound policy advice and comprehensive tracking services, keeping clients up-to-date on critical legislative and regulatory developments. Our diversity and women's initiatives ensure a welcoming and inclusive environment for our people, perspectives and experiences. Technology helps us operate more effectively and efficiently by providing instant access to client-specific information and other key resources.

Bradley Murchison was formed in February, 2009 by a group of lawyers who had practiced together for many years in a large, well established law firm. Nine partners from the Shreveport office and eight from the New Orleans office found common ground in our dedication to high standards of professionalism and in the quality of service we deliver to our clients. Now, with many of our attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America ® and Super Lawyers ®, most with AV ® ratings, decades of experience, and a proven performance across a wide range of industries and practice areas, Bradley Murchison is constantly growing and adding new successes to our track record.


Our practice offers a regional footprint encompassing the state. From the Port Cities to the Crescent City and the Red Stick, we capture the benefits of being rooted and active in the right places across Louisiana. Our internal efficiencies and reach translate into added value and convenience for our clients. We understand the importance of commitment to our communities.


Our goal when starting Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, now Bradley Murchison, was to build a practice that could support not only our clients and community, but our developing attorneys as well. We created a structure loose enough to enable open communication and collaboration for our teams, and strong enough to provide timely, consistent results for our clients. By investing additional resources into our developing attorneys, we ensure the long-term sustainability of the firm, while increasing the value we can provide to our clients.


Our bottom line is making difficult legal issues more pleasant and successful experiences for our clients. Our depth of attorneys and range of experience, combined with open team structures and fluid communication between locations give our attorneys the capability to handle tremendous case loads. Our policies demand a high level of service from all of our attorneys, and ensure that our clients are always given the attention they deserve.

With more than two decades of litigation experience, Colleen has established a hybrid energy practice focused on matters arising from the production, refining, and distribution of energy from traditional and renewable sources. Colleen represents clients in the oil and gas, natural resources, renewables, transportation, and other industries in a broad spectrum of transactions, contract negotiations, regulatory compliance and defense, and complex commercial litigation.

Colleen also advises clients on emerging issues in Louisiana, including mineral law and carbon capture and sequestration. Among other areas, she is well versed in the development of state regulatory and legislative initiatives relating to the Louisiana Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act. She has deep familiarity with federal and state regulatory agencies and has represented clients before the Louisiana State Mineral and Energy Board, the Louisiana Department of Energy & Natural Resources, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Board of Land Appeals.

Colleen also serves on the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association’s Carbon Capture Committee and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ Ad Hoc Committee on Carbon Capture.

CW, Consulting specializes in uncovering the past to inform the future by providing thorough and accurate historical research for oil and gas wells, legacy matters, and groundwater records. CWC was founded by Carroll Wascom, an original author of Louisiana’s Rule 29-B and former Director of Injection and Mining. With decades of experience working within Louisiana’s regulatory agencies, our experienced staff and long-standing relationships with state agencies have established us as a trusted oil and gas records and research firm based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Our services also include comprehensive education and training services for clients in the Louisiana oil and gas industry, including instruction on the historic DCE Rule 29-B requirements and their current implementation. We offer hands-on assistance with DCE SONRIS information, compliance guidance, and up-to-date training on current state rules and regulations.

Gordon Arata is a full-service business law firm with offices in Louisiana and Texas, representing clients across the Gulf South and beyond. The firm advises businesses of all sizes, from emerging enterprises to multinational energy companies, combining sophisticated litigation, transactional, regulatory, trial, appellate, mediation, and arbitration capabilities. Energy is a core strength of the firm. Gordon Arata represents clients across the oil, gas, and broader energy sector in complex onshore and offshore matters throughout Louisiana, Texas, and the Outer Continental Shelf. The firm and its attorneys are consistently recognized for excellence in energy law by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers.

Jones Walker LLP (joneswalker.com) is among the largest 145 law firms in the United States. With offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas, we serve local, regional, national, and international business interests. The firm is committed to providing a comprehensive range of legal services to major multinational public and private corporations, Fortune® 500 companies, money center banks, worldwide insurers, and emerging companies doing business in the United States and abroad.

With more than 235 attorneys in Louisiana and Texas, Kean Miller serves as legal counsel to the people and industries that drive the energy-belt economy. Fortune 500 companies, national businesses, and local companies rely on Kean Miller for efficient legal services and practical advice, always provided in a cost-efficient manner. In the courtroom and the boardroom, Kean Miller attorneys create unique solutions, pragmatic strategies, and unparalleled value that allow our clients to perform at the highest level.

Kelly Hart is a full-service business-to-business law firm with 160 attorneys practicing in more than 20 substantive areas of the law. Our attorneys provide innovative and strategic legal solutions to our clients’ most complex business challenges. Kelly Hart lists among its clients Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, high net worth individuals, foundations, investor groups, and governmental entities. Areas of practice include administrative and regulatory, appellate, aviation, banking and finance, business reorganization and bankruptcy, corporate and securities, energy, environmental, estate planning and probate, government enforcement and investigation, intellectual property and technology, labor and employment, litigation, nonprofit organizations, oil & gas/energy, public finance, public law, real estate, tax law, transportation law, and water law.

Liskow & Lewis was founded in 1935 and includes nearly 140 lawyers in four offices, strategically located in New Orleans, Lafayette and Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. Since its inception, the firm’s practice has focused on the energy and oil and gas industry, and has grown to meet the evolving demands of its clients, diversifying into a wide-ranging litigation and transactional practice across the Gulf Coast.

From selective recruiting practices to a strategic lateral process, our focus is on academic excellence and exemplary professional credentials. We believe the highest quality representation for clients begins with the highest levels of talent. This is manifest in the fact that over half of our lawyers were selected to Order of the Coif, and over two-thirds were members of the law review at their respective law schools.

The marketplace historically recognizes this excellence. For example, in 2016, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, BL Rankings, LLC, ranked Liskow & Lewis as the “Law Firm of the Year” for Oil and Gas in the United States. Fifty-seven of our lawyers were listed in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings, LLC, and eighteen are listed in the America’s Leading Business Lawyers 2020 Edition by Chambers USA.

McGinnis Lochridge is a Texas-based firm providing the highest quality legal services for more than 90 years. We work with individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, and multinational Fortune 500 corporations in more than 20 practice areas. From our offices in Austin, Dallas, Decatur, Houston, and McAllen, we represent clients throughout Texas, the U.S and internationally.

Peoples Company's proud history began in the 1960s within the farm management department of Peoples Trust and Savings Bank in Indianola, Iowa. In 1972, the farm management department and real estate brokerage separated from the bank to form what is now known as Peoples Company. The current ownership team acquired a majority interest in 2002 and began building the foundation for a national platform and future growth of the brand. In 2019, Peoples Company launched a national expansion strategy, establishing a presence in key agricultural regions across the United States. As the company grew, it earned recognition from national associations and media outlets for its leadership in the industry. With a broad network and coast-to-coast reach, Peoples Company is positioned to deliver best-in-class solutions for any ag-related land business across the country. Rooted in a rural heritage and deep connection to the land, Peoples Company operates on the guiding belief that "it all starts with land." This principle, combined with a forward-looking global perspective, drives the company’s commitment to delivering integrated land solutions.