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T. Shane Sandefer

T. Shane Sandefer

Kean Miller LLP
  • Environmental Law, Real Estate Law, Business Law
  • Louisiana
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Biography

Shane Sandefer is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He practices in the business transactions and environmental law groups and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Shane represents local, regional, and national clients in a variety of real estate, finance, and environmental matters including, industrial and commercial real estate transactions, title insurance matters, general preparation and negotiation, regulatory proceedings, wetlands permitting, wetlands mitigation, and state and federal environmental advice. Prior to law school, Shane was a project engineer for Turner Environmental and a senior staff engineer for URS. He also served as an assistant project manager for Cajun Constructors and worked in the Hazardous Waste Enforcement group at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Shane counsels industrial and commercial clients on such matters as sales, leases, property law, purchase and sale agreements, environmental assessments, and wetlands issues. Additionally, his practice involves most aspects of environmental regulatory law, including permitting, compliance, enforcement and transactional issues, as well as environmental litigation matters.

As a Registered Professional Engineer, he assisted various municipal, commercial, and industrial clients with environmental permitting, wetlands permitting, solid and hazardous waste management and remediation, environmental sampling, geotechnical engineering design, geotechnical investigations, watershed modeling, and hydraulic design.

Shane earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1995. He earned his M.S. in Civil Engineering, concentrating on Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, from Louisiana State University in 1998. Shane earned his J.D. and his B.S. in Civil Law in 2005 from the LSU Law Center where he served as Vice President of the Environmental Law Society and was a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Alpha Delta.

Practice Areas
Environmental Law
Real Estate Law
Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Additional Practice Area
  • Banking and Finance
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Louisiana
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5th Circuit
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United States District Courts, Louisiana
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Languages
  • English
Professional Experience
Partner
Kean Miller LLP
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Project Engineer
Turner Environmental, Inc.
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Senior Staff Engineer
URS Corporation
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Education
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
J.D. | Law
Honors: Member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Alpha Delta.
Activities: Vice President of the Environmental Law Society.
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Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
M.S. | Civil Engineering concentrating on Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering
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Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
B.S. | Civil Engineering
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Professional Associations
Baton Rouge Bar Association
Member
Current
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American Bar Association
Member
Current
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Louisiana State Bar
Member
Current
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Air and Waste Management Association, Louisiana Section
Speaker Co-Chair
Current
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Certifications
Professional Engineer, Credential ID 0029392
Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board (LAPELS)
Websites & Blogs
Website
T. Shane Sandefer's Website Profile
Website
Kean Miller LLP Website
Blog
Louisiana Law Blog
Contact & Map
Kean Miller LLP
Baton Rouge, Downtown
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Telephone: (225) 389-3728
Fax: (225) 388-9133