Jones Walker is a sponsor of the Bureau of Governmental Research’s annual luncheon, which will take place Thursday, April 6 in the Napoleon Ballroom of the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel. This year’s guest speaker is author and political consultant James Carville. The Bureau of Governmental Research is a private, non-profit, independent research organization dedicated to informed public policy making and the effective use of public resources for the improvement of government in the New Orleans metropolitan area. BGR also addresses state and national public policy issues that affect the metropolitan area.