Charles G. Blaize, Jr.
PARTNER
Charles G. Blaize, Jr.
PARTNER
Oil and Gas Transactional • Oil and Gas Litigation • Successions and Wills • Community Property
Oil and Gas Transactional • Oil and Gas Litigation
Successions and Wills • Community Property
• Oil and Gas Transactional
• Oil and Gas Litigation
• Successions and Wills
• Community Property
CHARLES G. BLAIZE, JR. was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana on April 30, 1970. He grew up in Houma, Louisiana and settled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after becoming an attorney. He was President of the Student Bar Association in 1997-1998 and was inducted into the Louisiana State University Law Center Hall of Fame in 1998.
Mr. Blaize is a founding and the managing partner of the firm of Fondren Blaize in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. Blaize primarily practices in oil and gas title examination. Mr. Blaize also practices complex property ownership and right-of-way litigation, royalty/leasehold and working interest disputes. Throughout his career, Mr. Blaize has also assisted clients in the negotiation of Oil, Gas and Mineral Leases, Joint Operating Agreements, Seismic Options, as well as other oilfield agreements and negotiations.
Mr. Blaize has argued cases in a multitude of Louisiana District Courts, several of the Louisiana Appellate Courts, the Louisiana Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Blaize received the annual President’s Award from the Baton Rouge Bar Association in 2001. Mr. Blaize is also an LSU Law School Adjunct Faculty member, as a part of the Trial Advocacy Program.
Education
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Juris Doctorate – 1998
Honors: Louisiana State University Hall of Fame – 1998
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Arts – 1993
Bar Admissions
Louisiana, 1998
Texas, 2017
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
Professional Associations and Memberships
Louisiana State Bar Association, Member, 1998 – Present
Lawyer Referral and Information Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association, Member, 1998 – Present
Lawyer Referral and Information Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association, Chairman, 2004 – 2013
Baton Rouge Association of Professional Landmen, Member, 1998 – Present
Houston Association of Professional Landmen, Member, 2006 – Present
American Association of Professional Landmen, Member, 2004 – Present
LOGA, Member, 2007 – Present
Classes/Seminars
Primer on Basic Louisiana Mineral Law, Baton Rouge Oil Law Seminar, Spring 2014
Once Upon A Time – The Mystery of the Lawyer and Landman Relationship, An Ethical Review, Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen, Fall Seminar 2013
An Introduction to Louisiana Property and Mineral Law, Terrebonne Bar Association Annual CLE, August 2013
Oil Lawyer’s Fracture Porosity: A Level of Professionalism, The 60th Annual Mineral Law Institute, March 2013
You Can’t Handle the Truth – What is Your Ethical Duty? Legal Issues in Oil and Gas Production., American Association of Professional Landmen, Gulf Coast Land Institute, October 2011
Landowner Issues Arising From Oil and Gas Exploration, National Association of Royalty Owners Louisiana Seminar, May 2011
Call Security – Louisiana Database Security Breach Notification Law, Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen, Spring 2010
Jump Right In – Scared to Swim — Leasing and Ownership Issues: Severance, Navigability, Accretion and Reliction of Waterbottoms, American Association of Professional Landmen, Gulf Coast Land Institute, April 2009
Waging War – The Battle of Record Title Evidence vs. Understanding the Mineral and Civil Code Concepts of Ownership, Houston Oil & Gas Symposium, May 2008
Back to the Basics, Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen, Fall Seminar 2007
Race to the Courthouse, National Association of Division Order Analysts 2006 Annual Conference
Top Ten Mineral Law Questions for Corporate Landmen, Houston Association of Petroleum Landmen, Spring Seminar 2006
Lease Maintenance by Continuous Operations and/or Production, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts News, June 2005
Top Ten Rules of Prescription Every Lease Analyst Should Know, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts 2005 Annual Conference
Legislative and Jurisprudential Update, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts 2004 Conference
Professionalism and Your Bar Association, Baton Rouge Bar Expo Seminar, 2003
Unveiling the Secret World of Sheriff’s Sales, Around the Bar, March 2001
Ethics and the Role of Professional Landmen, Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen, Spring Seminar 1999
Pro Bono Activities
St. Aloysius Men’s Club
LSU Gridiron Club
Tiger Athletic Foundation
Coastal Conservation Association
International Game Fish Association
Houston Petro Tigers – LSU Foundation
Chancellor’s Counsel, LSU Law Foundation
