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Rob Scheffy is a partner in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group and a member of the firm's Energy & Natural Resources Team. Mr. Scheffy previously served as the Associate General Counsel for Mid Louisiana Gas Company from 1974–1977, and later was in private practice before joining Jones Walker.

Mr. Scheffy has also represented pipeline companies in connection with the acquisition of rights of way, the acquisition of surface locations and the planning of pipeline alignment. Mr. Scheffy has extensive experience in connection with the representation of exploration and production companies including title review activities, and the preparation of preliminary drill site title opinions, division order title opinions, and financing title opinions.

Mr. Scheffy's energy practice includes the representation of pipeline companies and exploration and production companies in connection with the development, purchase, and sale of operating systems and producing properties. Mr. Scheffy has been involved with matters related to the acquisition, permitting, and financing for the storage of natural gas in salt dome caverns and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs, as well as the acquisition of producing properties.

Mr. Scheffy has also been involved in project development work in connection with industrial plant operations, the development of underground storage facilities and infrastructure development. He has provided counsel to clients with regard to structuring the relationships between chemical plants for the sharing of facilities, utilities, and services, and the granting of reciprocal servitudes for operations. In providing such advice, he has been involved in land use planning issues, environmental regulatory issues, and financing issues involving industrial projects and power generation projects.

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, and Oil & Gas Law (listed annually since 2005)
• Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Energy & Natural Resources (also listed in 2011)
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Representative Matters

•  Co-counsel for landowner group in the matter Trancontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation v. Terrell, et al, 416 So. 2d 571 (La. App. 1 Cir. 5/25/1982), writ denied, 421 So. 2d 249 (La. 1982) relating to issues involving valuation of permanent easment and severance damages.
• Co-counsel for Exxon Pipeline Company v. Hill, 788 So. 2d 1154 (La. 05/15/01), a landmark case in determining the fair market value of property taken in by expropriation for purposes of pipeline rights of way.

News

• Fifty-Six Jones Walker Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012
• Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
• Forty-Two Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2011
• Seventy-Three Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011
• 2010 Best Lawyers in America Rankings Showcase Jones Walker’s Depth, Growth
• Jones Walker Hosts Carbon Capture Breakfast Briefing

Presentations

• "The Carbon Capture Continuum—From Study and Production to Capture and Consumption", July 23, 2009
• Real Estate Breakfast Briefing, December 15, 2006

Publications

• "New Construction Codes"
  E*Lert, January 11, 2007
• "Rapanos, Carabell and Where Do We Go From Here?"
  E*Lert, June 26, 2006

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Sections of Environment, Energy and Resources, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law)
• Baton Rouge Association of Petroleum Landmen (Founding Member and Founding Board Member; Current Board Member)
• Baton Rouge Bar Association (Past President, Young Lawyers Section)
• Baton Rouge Property Lawyers Association
• Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (Approved Agent)
• First American Title Insurance Company (Approved Agent)
• Licensed as a Louisiana Title Insurance Agent
• Louisiana Bank Counsel Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association, Baton Rouge Bank Counsel Association (Member, Section of Mineral Law; Past Council Member, Section of Mineral Law, LSBA; Member, Section of Trusts, Estate, Probate & Immovable Property Law; Member, Section of Environmental Law; Member, Section of Corporate & Business Law)