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Martin Landrieu's practice includes complex corporate litigation, class action defense, state and local tax litigation, telecommunications, zoning, real estate, property rights, and general commercial litigation. He has drafted and negotiated leases, purchase and sale agreements, cooperative endeavor agreements, contracts, rights of way acquisitions and fiber optic capacity use and service agreements for local and national business clients. He has extensive litigation experience in Louisiana's federal and state courts, and represents clients before city and state agencies on tax, franchise, zoning and other government related issues.

Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Martin assisted state agencies in the drafting of disaster recovery programs based on Federal Community Development Block Grants and was intricately involved in the City of New Orleans' unified planning and neighborhood redevelopment initiatives. During hurricane recovery, he chaired the District 5 (Lake Area) Neighborhood Recovery Group; re-drafted commercial, multi-family and residential zoning regulations; and assisted in the development of business and community-based recovery programs. His Post-Katrina work has helped secure a sustainable recovery for the City’s Lake Area neighborhoods, and is referenced in the book We Shall Not be Moved.

Martin is a well-respected leader within the Firm, the Bar and the community. He served on Gordon Arata’s Management Committee, and is the member responsible for mentoring and developing educational programs for its young attorneys. He currently chairs the Diversity Committee. Over the course of his career, he has been elected and appointed to various Bar leadership positions including chairman of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) Young Lawyers Section Continuing Legal Education Committee and Delegate of the Young Lawyers Division for the American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting.

In the community, Martin currently serves as a Commissioner of the Lakeview Crime Prevention Taxing District and on the Board of Friends of Lakeview, a non-profit entity focused on raising funds for community green space and infrastructure projects. He is a former President of the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association, and served on its Board for nearly 20 years. Among his more recent charitable endeavors, Martin annually co-hosts a fundraiser benefiting Boys Hope Girls Hope, a non-profit organization that provides a stable home and quality education to at-risk children; and is a member of the Executive Committee of the St. Dominic Parish/ Haiti Partnership Ministry, a new program designed to build a long term, solidarity-based relationship between St Dominic Catholic Church in New Orleans LA and Mont Carmel Parish in the rural mountains of Haiti, one that strengthens our faith and challenges us to cooperative action.

Recent Works & Presentations:

Presenter, State and Local Tax Issues for Oil and Gas Companies: Audit Procedures; Oil Severance Tax (Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett Annual Duck Lunch & Seminar, October 2017)
"Louisiana Department of Revenue Attempts to Rewrite Crude Oil Purchase Agreements in an Effort to Collect More Severance Taxes" Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett "Drill Deeper Blog", May 2017
"Beware of Louisiana Severance Tax Assessments on Crude Oil" Gordon Arata "Drill Deeper Blog", March 2016
Co-Presenter, Downloading, Streaming, and Purchasing Over the Internet (2015 Louisiana State & Local Taxation Workshop - Society of Louisiana CPAs, July 2015)
Presenter and Co-Author, Get Your Ducks in A Row – Recent Developments in State and Local Tax Litigation in Louisiana (Gordon Arata Annual Duck Lunch & Seminar 2014)
Presenter, 2013 State & Local Tax Workshop for the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants (June 2013)
Presenter and Author, Taxpayer Rights and Appeals (Louisiana Multi-Parish Tax Commission Annual Conference, April 2013)
Professional Affiliations:

American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association

New Orleans Bar Association

Community Involvement:

Friends of Lakeview - Board of Directors
Lakeview Crime Prevention Taxing District - Commissioner
Boys Hope Girls Hope - Revellion Co-Host
Juvenile Court for the Parish of Orleans - Judge, Ad Hoc (former)
Covenant House - 2014 Annual Sleep-Out to Support Homeless Youth

Honors:

CityBusiness Leadership in Law (2012)
Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation (Since 2013)
Louisiana Super Lawyers - Business Litigation (2008, 2014-2018)
Listed in the A.M. Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys
New Orleans Magazine "Top Lawyers" - Communications Law (Since 2016)

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