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Marc Hebert is a partner in the firm's Business & Finance Practice Group and practices in the area of general business law, with an emphasis on energy, marine, and administrative law and litigation. He represents a broad range of clients, including large Fortune 500 companies and small companies in the marine and energy, manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation industries. Representation of clients includes work in the areas of marine contracts, maritime personal injury, maritime and port/homeland security, Longshore cases, insurance coverage, cargo collision, pollution, and managing cases/matters before various federal agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Departments of Labor and Transportation, among others. Mr. Hebert represents domestic and foreign clients in foreign jurisdictions and before U.S. Courts and federal agencies and the U.S. Congress on regulatory, administrative, and legislative matters. He has been involved in drawback and duty deferral issues for U.S. industry for several years, and specifically has advocated for their exclusion from Free Trade Agreements before the Executive Office, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, the Departments of Commerce and Treasury, and the U.S. Congress on behalf of U.S. industry.

Prior to joining Jones Walker, Mr. Hebert was a partner with the law firm of Preis, Kraft & Roy in New Orleans, Louisiana, beginning in September 2002, where he managed the firm’s Environmental, International and Government Affairs Practice Groups. He practiced law with Bracewell & Patterson in Washington, D.C., from 1996–2002, and prior to this worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs. 

Mr. Hebert has published articles on both environmental and international trade law, and has written and spoken at seminars on those topics. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and is a member of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association Steering Committee. He is licensed to practice in state and federal courts and is admitted in the states of Louisiana, Virginia, and Texas, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of International Trade.

News

• Hebert to Serve on Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Customs Matters and Trade Facilitation
• Hebert to Serve as MVTTC Representative of Louisiana Deep Water Port & Transfer Station Task Force
• Hebert and Tillery to Present at GNOBFA River and Marine Industry Seminar
• New Federal Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
• Hebert Elected to the Board of the Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council
• Hebert and Tillery Participate in GNOBFA River and Marine Industry Seminar

Presentations

• "Ethics & Professionalism", April 2006
• "Contracts, Emails and Litigation – Changing The Terms of Contracts and The Way Business is Conducted", February 2006
• "Rebuilding the Gulf Coast After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: An Overview of Market Opportunities", 2005
• Trade Preference Programs, March 1, 2005
• "Terminal User Contracts – Defining Responsibilities in the Event of an Emergency", February 2005
• "The Unfunded Mandate – Homeland Security: How to Meet the Costs? Who Pays the Costs? The Effect on the Marine Industry", December 2004

Publications

• "How to Get the Most Out of Federal Katrina Related Contracts"
  E*Lert, January 18, 2006
• "Coastal Restoration Under CWPPRA and Property Rights Issues"
  57 Louisiana Law Review 1165, 1997
• "Unilateralism as a Defense Mechanism: An Overview of the Iran and Libya Sanctions of 1996"
  University of Miami Law School Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 5, 1996–1997,

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division; Member, Sections on International Law and Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law)
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (Member, Seminar Steering Committee)
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• New Orleans World Trade Center (International Business Committee)
• Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (Secretary, Board of Directors; Representative, Louisiana Deep Water Port & Transfer Station Task Force)
• Virginia State Bar