On April 22 and 23, Jones Walker was a conference sponsor of the Eighth Annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference held at the Wyndham Hotel at Canal Place. The two-day event included an SEC seminar, reception for sponsors and company management, and an investment conference. A frequent presenter at Burkenroad Reports, corporate and securities partner Dionne Rousseau presented the topic, “Should you Consider Going Private?" and co-presented "What's Up, A Look at the Most Recent SEC Changes."

The Burkenroad Reports conference which is open to the public provides investors an opportunity to meet management and to learn more about important companies in the region. Burkenroad Reports provides objective investment coverage on 36 small to mid-cap companies headquartered in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The reports are written by a select group of MBA and undergraduate students at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business who meet with top management, visit company sites and publish investment research reports which are sent to more than 3000 individual and institutional investors.