ADDIE DANOS ARVIDSON
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
Practice Areas
Oil and Gas Litigation
Oil and Gas Contracts
Purchase and Sale of Oil and Gas Properties
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Transactions
Education
J.D., cum laude, Loyola University New Orleans
College of Law, 2010
William L. Crowe Scholar
Loyola Moot Court
Staff Member & Admiralty Team Brief Writer for Judge John R. Brown
Admiralty Moot Court Competition
Research Assistant, Louisiana Treatise on Sales & Leases
Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, Staff Member
B.A., magna cum laude, Nicholls State University, 2000
Louisiana Honors Scholar
Women and Government Internship
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
International Program for Port Planning and Management, University of New Orleans Ports and Waterways Institute, 2001
Court Admissions
All Louisiana State Courts
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Professional Experience
Before becoming an attorney, Ms. Arvidson worked for seven years in the oil and gas and maritime industries. She spent five years with the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, which oversees the administration and development of Port Fourchon and the South Lafourche Airport. While there, she served in various capacities, including Director of Business Development, and she was responsible for the negotiation and management of all leases, development permits, construction projects, and grant funding. In 2005, she joined the Americas Division of SEACOR Marine, LLC as Director of Administration. For the next two years, she oversaw the consolidation, relocation, and reorganization of the Americas Division after a major corporate acquisition.
Representative Matters
- Representation of independent oil and gas companies in “legacy” lawsuits, alleging environmental contamination and invoking Louisiana’s Act 312 of 2006.
- Representation of independent oil and gas companies that acquire oil and gas leases (for deepwater drilling) located in the Gulf of Mexico.
Member Organizations
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Professional Landman’s Association of New Orleans
- Women’s Energy Network
- South Central Industrial Association
- American Bar Association
- Houston Producers’ Forum
- New Orleans Bar Association – oil and gas committee