"My team helps clients manage complex disputes in the energy sector, where environmental and operational issues often collide."
Lorin Wales Staup focuses her practice on energy and environmental litigation. She joined the firm in 2025 and assists clients in resolving energy disputes where regulatory and business considerations intersect.
Prior to joining the firm, Lorin served as a Rule XX Special Assistant District Attorney for the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office.
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LSU Law Center, J.D./D.C.L., summa cum laude, 2025
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Member, Order of the Barristers
- Member, Public Interest Law Society
- Member, Women Law Students’ Association
- Member, Board of Advocates
- Student Ambassador
- Election’s Committee Member, Student Bar Association
- Student Member, LSU Law Chapter of the Wex Malone Inns of Court
- National Champion, Best Brief Runner-Up, 2025 Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition
- Recipient, 14 CALI Awards
- Academic Tutor, Professor Raymond T. Diamond, Criminal Law
- Academic Tutor, Professor Lisa Avalos, Administration of Criminal Justice I
- LSU, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 2020
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
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. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit