Loulan J. Pitre Jr. (born December 1961) is a

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, who focuses his work on development, construction, and operations of energy, environmental, and infrastructure projects. His law practice includes entity formation and governance, complex land rights issues, construction procurement and management, environmental and coastal permitting issues, and dispute resolution. He was educated at

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University (A.B.

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, 1983) and

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(J.D., 1986). He is Partner in Charge of Kelly Hart Pitre, the Louisiana offices of the Kelly Hart law firm.

Background

Loulan Pitre Jr. attended the highly selective

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in 1978 and was selected as a

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in 1979, one of 121 nationwide. He was also a

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and is an

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. He graduated from

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(A.B.

, 1983) and

(J.D., 1986) in

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. At

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, Pitre served as co-chair of

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's House Committee, its student governing body. While in law school, Pitre was selected for a

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on the

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by the late Judge

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, but Judge Tate died before the term of the clerkship. Pitre's

classmates elected him permanent class secretary, and he gave the class address at commencement. He has served on the board of directors of th
Harvard Alumni Association
and as president of the Harvard Club of Louisiana.

Legislative elections

As Pitre completed his eight years in the legislature, the Governor-Elect appointed Loulan as Chair of the Transition Advisory Group on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control. Shortly after Pitre left the state House in 2008, he changed his voter registration to

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References

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