Aimee W. Hebert

Aimee W. Hebert is a partner at Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP in New Orleans who helps individuals and businesses address complex energy-law disputes. Her practice covers oil and gas litigation, energy regulations and administrative hearings, transactions, environmental matters, appellate work, and regulatory assistance. She has handled disputes involving mineral royalties, lease termination, servitudes, operating agreements, production agreements, subsurface storage, solution mining, and oilfield environmental issues.

Aimee earned a J.D. from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center and a B.G.S. from Louisiana State University. She later served as a law clerk to Judge W. Eugene Davis of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Her education and appellate clerkship support a practice that requires detailed statutory interpretation, trial strategy, contract analysis, administrative advocacy, and appellate review.

Aimee has represented clients in trials, appeals, mediations, and proceedings before the Louisiana Mineral Board, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, and other agencies. Her work includes jury trials involving storage gas, overriding royalties, drainage obligations, property boundaries, and oilfield environmental claims. She has further handled significant appellate issues and provides appellate counsel in matters tried by her firm and by other law firms.

Aimee W. Hebert is recognized by legal publications for energy, natural resources, and oil and gas work and has served in leadership roles connected to Louisiana mineral law. She has taught oil and gas law at Tulane Law School and speaks to industry groups on energy issues. Her practice combines trial experience, regulatory knowledge, and appellate analysis to help clients manage demanding disputes and operational legal risks.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
• Vice President of Mineral Law Section, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Advisory Council, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute
• Advisory Board Member, Institute for Energy Law
• Adjunct Assistant Professor in Law, Tulane Law School
• Mineral Law Committee, Louisiana Law Institute
• Former Board Member, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association
• Member, Women’s Energy Network

Licensed State

• Louisiana
• Texas

Education

• Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Louisiana State University
  B.G.S.

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