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Marc Hebert is a partner in the firm's Admiralty & Maritime, Business & Finance, and Government Relations Practice Groups. He practices in the area of general business law, with an emphasis on energy, international, marine, regulatory, and administrative law and litigation. He represents a broad range of clients, including large and small companies in the marine and energy, manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation industries. Representation of clients includes work in the areas of contracts, personal injury, maritime and port/homeland security, insurance coverage, customs and international trade law, mergers and acquisitions, and administrative and regulatory law. Mr. Hebert also represents clients in foreign jurisdictions and before federal agencies and the U.S. Congress.

Prior to joining Jones Walker, Mr. Hebert was a partner with the law firm of Preis, Kraft & Roy in New Orleans, Louisiana, beginning in September 2002, where he managed the firm’s Environmental, International and Government Affairs Practice Groups. He practiced law with Bracewell & Patterson in Washington, D.C., from 1996–2002, and prior to this worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs.

News

• Hebert Reelected to Serve on MVTTC Board
• Hebert to Serve on Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Customs Matters and Trade Facilitation
• Hebert to Serve as MVTTC Representative of Louisiana Deep Water Port & Transfer Station Task Force
• Hebert and Tillery to Present at GNOBFA River and Marine Industry Seminar
• New Federal Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
• Hebert Elected to the Board of the Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council

Presentations

• "Answer to a Problem or Problem to an Industry: The Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) Program", 2008
• "An Overview of CEMS – Crew Edurance Management Systems", 2007
• "Ethics & Professionalism", April 2006
• "Contracts, Emails and Litigation – Changing The Terms of Contracts and The Way Business is Conducted", February 2006
• "Rebuilding the Gulf Coast After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: An Overview of Market Opportunities", 2005
• Trade Preference Programs, March 1, 2005

Publications

• "How to Get the Most Out of Federal Katrina Related Contracts"
  E*Lert, January 18, 2006
• "Contracting Opportunities"
  Jones Walker E*Bulletin, October 25, 2005
• "Coastal Restoration Under CWPPRA and Property Rights Issues"
  57 Louisiana Law Review 1165, 1997
• "Unilateralism as a Defense Mechanism: An Overview of the Iran and Libya Sanctions of 1996"
  University of Miami Law School Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 5, 1996–1997,

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division; Member, Sections on International Law and Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law)
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (Member, Seminar Steering Committee)
• International Trade Advisory Committee 14, Customs and Trade Facilitation (Appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative, 2008)
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (Adjust Professor)
• New Orleans World Trade Center (International Business Committee)
• Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (Secretary, Board of Directors; Member, Executive Committee; Representative, Louisiana Deep Water Port & Transfer Station Task Force)
• Virginia State Bar