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Four United Plaza
8555 United Plaza Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
225.248.2020 or 225.229.2020 (cell) tel
225.248.3020 fax


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Charles Landry concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate development, real estate finance, land use and zoning, and business and commercial law. He has represented numerous parties in a wide range of real estate transactions, which included residential developments (including Traditional Neighborhood Developments) office buildings, shopping malls and centers, hotels and medical facilities, golf course communities, and industrial developments.

He has also been very involved in advancing Greater Baton Rouge’s high tech, information, and entrepreneurial economic sector. He was instrumental in the formation of the Louisiana Technology Park, and serves as General Counsel to the Research Park Corporation.

Mr. Landry is the co-Editor of The Foreign Investor’s Guide to the Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Louisiana, an extensive analysis of the laws of the United States and the State of Louisiana as those laws may impact a party wishing to invest in Louisiana.

He has been a frequent lecturer at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center and numerous continuing education seminars on the subjects of complex real estate transactions, title examination, land use planning, secured transactions, and real estate workouts.

He served as managing partner of the Baton Rouge office from 1996–2006 . He was also a member of the firm's executive committee from 1996–2000 and 2002–2006. 

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Real Estate Law (listed annually since 2003)
• Recognized in "Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business" in the first tier in the area of Real Estate (annually since 2005, one of only six attorneys listed)
• Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Real Estate (also listed in 2007)
  Mr. Landry was named to the top 10 list of the most influential people in the Baton Rouge Capital region in the 2007 Power Book, published by the Baton Rouge Business Report. The list was compiled from surveys of the Business Report’s readers.
• Mr. Landry was named the 2006 Businessperson of the Year by the Baton Rouge Business Report and Junior Achievement. The Business Awards are annually awarded to the top local executives or entrepreneurs. Started in 1984, the awards are based on successful demonstrations of leadership, vision, ingenuity and innovation. This is the first time the Businessperson of the Year award has been given to an attorney.
• Mr. Landry received the 2003 Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Fundraising Professional for his work on the Shaw Center for the Arts project, as well as numerous other philanthropic projects.
• Mr. Landry received the 2002 Distinguished Leadership Award for a Citizen Planner presented by the Louisiana Chapter of the American Planning Association for his effective leadership in community and regional planning dedicated to promoting planning and implementing policies which improve the quality of life for citizens throughout the State of Louisiana.
• Mr. Landry received the 2002 Annual Business in the Arts Award presented by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge for his leadership, personal commitment, and volunteerism with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge.
• He received the 2000 Community Leadership Award from Leadership/Greater Baton Rouge Alumni, Inc. for his volunteer work on issues affecting social services, leadership, and education while participating in worthy projects benefiting the community.
• Mr. Landry was selected as a recipient of the 1994 Volunteer Activist Award which recognizes lifetime achievements and exceptional volunteer efforts to help others in the Baton Rouge area.
• Mr. Landry received the Outstanding Volunteer Award in 1994 from the Louisiana Arts and Science Center.
• He was named as Baton Rouge’s 1992 Young Man of the Year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Baton Rouge.

News

• Landry Elected Chairperson of LSU Foundation Board of Directors
• Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
• Landry Featured in Real Estate Report
• Jones Walker Attorneys and Practices Ranked by “Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business”
• Charles Landry, “TND Trinity” Featured in 10/12 Magazine
• Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers

Presentations

• "Innovative Land Use Orders" Center for Planning Excellence: Smart Growth Summit, August 4, 2008
• "Traditional Neigborhood Developments", August 22, 2007
• "Managing Construction Projects", April 25, 2007
• "Land Entitlement Process", March 13, 2007
• "Carry Forward 2007", January 2007
• "CLE by the Hour", December 7, 2006

Publications

• "An extensive analysis of the laws of the United States and the State of Louisiana as those laws may impact a party wishing to invest in Louisiana (1993 to present)"
  The Foreign Investor's Guide to the Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Louisiana, 1993

Memberships

Academic:

• LSU Alumni Federation: East Baton Rouge Chapter (Past President; Board of Directors and the Executive Committee)
• LSU Foundation (Chairperson, commencing in 2009–2011; Chairperson-Elect, 2007–2009; Governance Committee Chairperson, 2003 to date; Audit Committee Chairperson, 2003–2004;  Property Committee Chairperson, 2001 to date;  Member, 2001 to date; Board of Directors, 1999 to date;)
• LSU Institutional Review Board (Past Member of the Board of Directors)
• LSU Law Center Chancellor’s Society (Chairperson, 2000; Member, 2000 to date)
• LSU Law Center National Alumni Board (Past Member of the Board of Directors)
• LSU School of Architecture Advisory Board (Past Member of the Board of Directors)
• Pennington Biomedical Foundation (Nominating Committee, 2002 to date; Legal Committee, Chairperson, 2001–2004; Board of Directors, 2000 to date)

Civic and Charitable:

• American Heart Association (Gala Auctioneer, 2004)
• America's Initiative, Inc.(Executive Committee, 1992, 1994 to date; Co-Founder and Board of Directors, 1992 to date)
• Baton Rouge Growth Coalition (Planning Commission Liaison Committee, 2002)
• Boys and Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge (Past Member of the Board of Directors)
• Capital Area United Way (Strategic Planning Committee, 2006; Past Chairperson; Campaign Chairperson; Past Member of the Board of Directors)
• Champac, Inc. (Past Member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors; Past Chairperson)
• Corrective Legislative Association (Member, 1990 to date)
• Council for a Better Louisiana (Chairperson, 2003–2004; Development Committee Chairperson, 2002; Regional Vice-Chairperson, 1996–1998; Executive Committee and Board of Directors, 1992 to date; )
• Forum 35 (Advisory Board, 2002 to date)
• Greater Baton Rouge Canvas Workshop (Inaugural Chairperson, 2003; Participant, 2003 to date)
• Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce (Past Member of the Executive Committee; Member-At-Large, 2005; Past General Counsel; Past Chairperson; Past Member of the Board of Directors)
• Greater Baton Rouge Partnership (Past Member of Executive Committee and Board of Directors; Past Chairperson)
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Live Auctioneer)
• Leadership Greater Baton Rouge Alumni, Inc. (Past Member of the Board of Directors)
• Louisiana Futures Institute (Past Co-Chairperson; Past Fellow of the Institute)
• Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation (Live Auctioneer)
• Metropolitan Crime Commission (Advisory Board, 2005)
• National Conference for Community and Justice (Corporate Partnership/Fund-Raising Committee, 2002; Jensen Holliday Memorial Committee, 2002; Workplace Diversity Committee, 2002; Board of Directors, 2001 to date; Gala Chairperson, 2001)
• Rotary Club of Baton Rouge (Past Young Heroes Committee Chairperson; Member, 1985 to date)
• Urban Land Institute (Member of the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Chapter, 2005 to date; Member, 2004 to date)
• Young Men's Christian Association (Past Member of the Metropolitan Board of Directors)

Cultural:

• Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge (Board of Directors; Past President)
• Baton Rouge Ballet (Past Member of the Board of Directors;
  Community Fund for the Arts Campaign; Campaign Honorary Chair, 2005 to date; Past Campaign Cabinet; Member Corporate Council, 2001 to date; Past Campaign Chairperson)
• East Baton Rouge Parish Cultural Plan Planning Committee (Past Member)
• Friends of the Louisiana State University Museum of Art (Past Chairperson; Past Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors)
• Louisiana Arts and Science Center (Past President; Past Member of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee)
• Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Member of the Board of Directors, November 2005–2007)
• LSU Museum of Art (Past Member of the Board of Trustees)
• LSU Swine Palace Theater (Chairperson, 2002–2005; Board of Directors, 2000 to date)

Governmental:

• Capital Region Competitive Strategy (Steward, 2002)
• East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission Planned Unit Development Task Force (Member, 1999–2000)
• East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission Zoning Ordinance Committee (Chairperson and Member, 1998 to date)
• Mayor's Business Assistance Team (Member, 2002–2004)
• Mayor’s Economic Development Task Force (Member, 2001–2004)
• Mayor’s Planning & Zoning Task Force: Member, 2001–2004)
• Mayor's Red Tape Reduction Task Force (Past Co-Chairperson)
• Mayor’s Smart Growth Task Force (Member, 2001 to date)