E. Blair Schilling
Making Louisiana More Resilient & Encouraging Future Sustainable Economic Growth
Blair Schilling represents clients in a wide range of commercial matters in federal and state court, with a concentration in environmental law.
Her environmental practice includes representing landowners throughout Louisiana against some of the oil and gas industry's largest operators in matters involving coastal restoration, land contamination, land use, clean water, getting brownfield sites safely back into commerce, regulatory and permitting, and expropriation issues. In doing this work, Blair represents state government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies and individuals, including the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Wildlife Federation, Restore the Mississippi River Delta, and many private landowners. The goal of her environmental practice is to make Louisiana more resilient and encourage future sustainable economic growth in the region.
As a lifelong learner, Blair continually seeks out ways to diversify her practice while helping the greater community. She recently completed training at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, an internationally recognized program at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law. Blair applies these skills by mediating, for example, Hurricane Ida claims, no small task as Louisiana’s insurance coverage lawsuits skyrocketed over 2020 hurricane damages. Due to her dedication to disaster relief, Blair was recently appointed to the American Bar Association’s Disaster Legal Services Team, a pro-bono initiative where the ABA has teamed up with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help people navigate the aftermath of presidentially-declared disasters. In her second ABA appointment of the 2023-24 bar year, she also serves as vice-chair of the Young Lawyers Division’s Environment, Energy & Resources committee.
Blair is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is a past President of the Association for Women Attorneys.
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- J.D. (2013)
- Honors: Graduated magna cum laude
- Activities: Member of the Loyola Law Review
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- Compelling an out-of-state defendant to appear at trial
- Louisiana Advocates
- Coastal Remedies Post-SLFPAE: Private and Parish Litigation, 23rd Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans, LA
- Tulane University School of Law
- Environmental Justice, 24th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans, LA
- Tulane University School of Law
- Litigation in the Coastal Zone, 24th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans, LA
- Tulane University School of Law
- Legal Ramifications Surrounding the Latest Scientific Evidence in Pipeline Canals and Land Loss,, State of the Coast, New Orleans, LA
- State of the Coast
- Sustainable Capitalism and ESG
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- 40 & Under List - South
- Benchmark Litigation
- Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law
- Lawdragon
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- Recognized in Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
- Band 3
- Chambers & Partners USA
- Ranked in Environment: Litigation
- 40 & Under List - South
- Benchmark Litigation
- American Bar Association
- Current
- Activities: Member, Young Lawyers Division Disaster Legal Services Team; Vice-chair, Young Lawyers Division Environment, Energy & Resources Committee
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- American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
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- Louisiana State Bar Association # 35308
- Member
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- Louisiana
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- ID Number: 35308
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- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Louisiana
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- Environmental Law
- Website
- Fishman Haygood, LLP