On March 26, 2008, New Orleans partner David Hunter and Jones Walker hosted a speakers' dinner in connection with the Energy Bar Association's "Natural Gas Regulation 101" program. FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher and the President of the Energy Bar Association, Michael J. Manning, both attended. The EBA program was held in New Orleans on March 27 and 28. Hunter is the in-coming President of the EBA's New Orleans Chapter.