Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

57 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Energy Law Oil and Gas Law

Biography

Jane Jackson focuses her practice in the areas of environmental litigation, oil and gas, and commercial litigation. She handles the defense of environmental claims by landowners alleging environmental damage arising from oil and gas exploration and production operations. Ms. Jackson has represented public entities in land use cases involving the appropriation of property for constructing and maintaining hurricane protection levees, and she also has experience handling cases involving land loss claims in coastal areas, toxic torts, maritime personal injury, and construction contracts. Ms. Jackson has also handled litigation involving breach of contract and construction disputes.

Ms. Jackson works closely with clients to develop litigation strategies and with key fact and expert witnesses to prepare them for deposition and trial testimony. Ms. Jackson represents clients in federal and state court and has experience at both the trial and appellate court levels.

Ms. Jackson earned her JD, summa cum laude, from Tulane University Law School where she served as Articles Editor of Tulane Law Review. She also received the Rufus C. Harris Award in Torts and CALI Excellence Awards in Successions, Donations, & Trusts; Torts; Contracts II; and Toxic Tort Litigation & Practice.

In October 2015, Ms. Jackson was an honoree in the New Orleans CityBusiness "Ones to Watch" in the legal field feature, and she received the New Orleans CityBusiness 2018 Leadership in Law Award.

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

57 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Tulane University, J.D., graduated 2010
  • Tulane University, B.A., graduated 2006

  • Louisiana, 2010
  • Texas, 2018

  • Louisiana State Bar Association - Member
  • New Orleans Bar Association - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit - Member
  • Tulane Law School American Inn of Court, - Member
  • Women's Energy Network - Member
  • IEL Young Energy Professionals - Member
  • Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans (PLANO) - Member

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
  • Louisiana, 2010
  • Texas, 2018
  • Louisiana State Bar Association - Member
  • New Orleans Bar Association - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit - Member
  • Tulane Law School American Inn of Court, - Member
  • Women's Energy Network - Member
  • IEL Young Energy Professionals - Member
  • Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans (PLANO) - Member
  • Tulane University, J.D., graduated 2010
  • Tulane University, B.A., graduated 2006
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Energy Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America from 2023-2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property - 2025
  • Oil and Gas Law - 2025
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property - 2024
  • Oil and Gas Law - 2024
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property - 2023
  • Oil and Gas Law - 2023
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Energy Law
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Best Lawyers®, 2026

    • Energy Law
    • Oil and Gas Law
  • Best Lawyers®, New Orleans-Ones to Watch, U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2025

    • Litigation | Intellectual Property
    • Oil and Gas Law
  • Leadership in Law Award, New Orleans CityBusiness, 2018, 2021
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2020

    • Energy & Resources
  • Pro Bono Publico Award Recipient, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2016
  • Pro Bono Century Award Recipient, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2015-2016
  • “Ones to Watch”, New Orleans CityBusiness, 2015

Case History

Cases
  • San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper v. Formosa Plastics Corp. Tex
San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper v. Formosa Plastics Corp. Tex., 852 F. App’x 816 (5th Cir. 2021)
  • Ritchie Grocer Co. v. 2H Inc
Ritchie Grocer Co. v. 2H Inc., No. 14-2868, 2018 WL 1319211 (W.D. La. Mar. 13, 2018)

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