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Carl D.
Rosenblum

Position
Special Counsel
Office
New Orleans

Carl Rosenblum is special counsel in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses on representing parties involved in significant oil and gas contract disputes.


Carl counsels and advises clients with operations onshore and on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. For more than three decades, he has represented independent producers, major producers, pipeline companies, oilfield service companies, seismic exploration companies, oil and gas management companies, financial institutions, and significant landowners.

Carl has handled hundreds of disputes concerning the rights and obligations of parties to joint operating agreements, oil and gas leases, royalty matters, exploration agreements, gas purchase contracts, drilling contracts, pipeline right-of-way agreements, farmout agreements, gas balancing agreements, and seismic permitting and exploration agreements. Carl led the team of lawyers who successfully enjoined the United States Government's Deepwater Drilling Moratorium. He is currently lead counsel asserting various breach of contract claims against the US Department of the Interior in connection with OCS decommissioning activities.

Carl practices in state and federal courts in Louisiana and Texas and has been admitted on a pro hac vice basis in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, New York, California, Florida, Delaware, and Wyoming.

Noteworthy

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, Energy & Natural Resources (listed annually since 2007); Top 50 (2011 and 2018)
  • New Orleans Magazine, Top Lawyer (2013 and 2018)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Oil and Gas Law (listed annually since 2009)
  • Chambers USA, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (listed annually since 2005)
  • AV Preeminent ® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Presentations

  • "Legacy Lawsuit Legislation," Louisiana Energy Seminar, June 2012
  • "Deep Water and Shallow Water Gulf of Mexico Federal Updates," Louisiana Energy Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 23, 2011
  • "OMSA Industry Seminar", November 3, 2010
  • "Louisiana State University Energy Summit," LSU Center for Energy Studies, October 10, 2010
  • "Masters of the Courtroom 2010," New Orleans Bar Association, 2010
  • "Post-Production Environmental Issues: Louisiana Legacy Litigation and the Texas Approach," 8th Annual Energy Litigation Conference, Houston, Texas, October 23, 2009

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association, Section on Mineral Law
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute
  • State Bar of Texas 
New Orleans
201 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
D: 504.582.8296
F: 504.589.8296
Emailcrosenblum@joneswalker.com

Education

  • Suffolk University Law School
    JD, with honors, 1983
    Comment Editor, Suffolk Transnational Law Journal, 1982-1983
  • Cornell University
    BS, Industrial and Labor Relations, 1977

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana

Court Admissions

  • US Supreme Court
  • US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • US Court of Federal Claims

Related Practices

  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Energy Litigation
  • Energy Regulatory
  • Litigation
  • Offshore Energy

Related Industries

  • Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources
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