Areas of Practice
- Appellate Litigation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Energy
- Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
- Environmental & Toxic Torts
- International
Education
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1992, magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Notes & Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1990–1992; Senior Fellow; Mitchell Franklin Award in Contracts; Rufus C. Harris Award in Torts
- Georgetown University, B.A., 1988; Dean's List; Second Honors
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1996
- New York, 1994
Court Admissions
- 5th Cir., 1996
- E.D. La., 1996
- M.D. La., 1996
- W.D. La., 1996
professionalsBio
Lele Hainkel's practice includes all aspects of corporate litigation, focusing primarily on energy litigation. She has extensive experience litigating energy matters, including the defense of improper royalty payment claims, breach of joint operating agreement claims, breach of gas purchase contract claims, claims arising out of oil and gas asset purchases, protection of geological and geophysical trade secrets, oil and gas property restoration claims, and claims under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Administrative Procedure Act against the offshore deepwater drilling moratorium. For the past three years, Ms. Hainkel has taught the Oil and Gas Law course at Tulane University Law School as an adjunct faculty member.
News
- Hainkel Named to New Orleans CityBusiness' 2011 Leadership in Law
- Plaintiffs Prevail in Challenge to Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
- Jones Walker Sponsors Environmental Bankers Association Cocktail Reception in New Orleans
- Rosenblum and Hainkel Successfully Assist in Protecting Freeport-McMoRan’s Oil and Gas Trade Secrets from Discovery
Memberships
- Federal Bar Association
- Georgetown Alumni Admissions Program Interviewer
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
- Petroleum Landman's Association of New Orleans
- Tulane University Law School (Adjunct Law Faculty, Fall 2008 to present)
