Charles Landry

Biography: January 2004 CHARLES A. LANDRY Mr. Landry is a partner at Jones Walker, the managing partner of the firm's Baton Rouge offices and a member of Jones Walker's executive committee. He is a member of the Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations, and is admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and United States Supreme Court. Mr. Landry specializes in the areas of real estate, real estate finance, and business and commercial law. He has represented numerous parties in a wide range of real estate transactions, which include office buildings, shopping malls and centers, hotels and medical facilities, and golf courses and golf course communities, as well as industrial and residential developments. He has also been very involved in advancing the 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 has been selected annually since 1993 to be included in the publication The Best Lawyers in America as one of fifteen attorneys chosen in Louisiana in the area of Real Estate Law. 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 Law School and numerous continuing education seminars on the subjects of complex real estate transactions, title examination, land use planning, secured transactions, and real estate workouts. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: 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. Mr. Landry was named as Baton Rouge's 1992 Young Man of the Year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Baton Rouge. PRACTICE: Intellectual Property, Project Development & Finance, and Real Estate: Land Use, Development & Finance. BAR ADMISSIONS: 1977, Louisiana EDUCATION: Louisiana State University (B.S., Business, 1975; J.D., 1977) COMMUNITY SERVICE: ACADEMIC LSU Alumni Federation: East Baton Rouge Chapter: Past President, Board of Directors and the Executive Committee; LSU Foundation: Audit Committee Chairperson (2003), Governance Committee Chairperson (2003) and Member (2001 to date), Property Committee, Chairperson (2001 to date), Self Evaluation Task Force Member (2001 to date) and 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: Board of Directors (1999 to 2001); LSU School of Architecture Advisory Board: Past Member of the Board of Directors; Pennington Biomedical Foundation: Nominating Committee (2002), Legal Committee, Chairperson (2001 to date), and Board of Directors (2000 to date) CIVIC AND CHARITABLE America's Initiative, Inc.: Executive Committee (1992, 1994 to date), Vice?Chairperson (1994 to date), and 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: Nominating Committee Chairperson (2003), Chairperson (2002), Campaign Chairperson (2000), Board of Directors (1996 to date); Champac, Inc.: Executive Committee and the Board of Directors (1991 to 2001), Chairperson (1997 to 1998); Corrective Legislative Association: Member (1990 to date); Council for a Better Louisiana: Chairperson (2003), Development Committee, Chairperson (2002), Regional Vice?Chairperson (1996 to 1998), and Executive Committee and Board of Directors (1992 to date); Forum 35: Advisory Board (2002); Greater Baton Rouge Canvas Workshop: Inaugural Chairperson (2003); Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce: Executive Committee (1991?2001), General Counsel (1998 to 2001), Chairperson (1996), and the Board of Directors (1991 to date); Greater Baton Rouge Partnership: Executive Committee and Board of Directors (1996 to 2001), Chairperson (1998); Leadership Greater Baton Rouge Alumni, Inc.: Past Member of Board of Directors; Louisiana Futures Institute: Co?Chairperson (1999), Fellow of the Institute (1994 to date); 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), and Gala Chairperson (2001); Rotary Club of Baton Rouge: Young Heroes Committee Chairperson (1997 to 1999), Member (1985 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 (1992?1996), Past President (1994); Baton Rouge Ballet: Past Member of the Board of Directors; Community Fund for the Arts Campaign: Campaign Cabinet (2002), Member Corporate Council (2001 to date), Past Campaign Chairperson (1992); East Baton Rouge Parish Cultural Plan Planning Committee: Member (1993 to 2000); Friends of the Louisiana State University Museum of Art: Chairperson (1998 to 1999), Executive Committee and Board of Directors (1994 to date); Louisiana Arts and Science Center: Past President, Past Member of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee; LSU Museum of Art: Board of Trustees (1998 to 1999); LSU Swine Palace Theater: Chairperson (2002), 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 to 2000); East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission Zoning Ordinance Task Force: Chairperson and Member (1998 to date); Mayor's Business Assistance Team: Member (2002); Mayor's Economic Development Task Force: Member (2001 to date); Mayor's Planning & Zoning Task Force: Member (2001 to date); Mayor's Red Tape Reduction Task Force: Co?Chairperson (1997 to 1998); Mayor's Smart Growth Task Force: Member (2001 to date) PUBLICATIONS: The Foreign Investor's Guide to the Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Louisiana, Co?Editor; 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 Carryover Basis Provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976: Section 1023, (Co-Author with Steven J. Willis), The Tax Lawyer, Vol. 31 Number 1 COURTS: US Ct. of Apps., 5th Cir., 1978 US Sup. Ct., 1978