202-203-1016
499 S. Capitol St., SW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20003, 
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James L. Adams is the firm's Director of Government Relations and focuses on maritime policy, homeland security, transportation infrastructure, energy policy, and economic development.
Jim has extensive experience helping businesses and trade associations achieve their strategic objectives. Prior to joining Jones Walker, Jim was president and CEO of the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA), representing the owners and operators of US-flagged vessels that supply, support, and construct the subsea infrastructure necessary for offshore energy development. Under his leadership, the trade association confronted the challenges posed by the moratorium on drilling activity imposed following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Before his tenure at OMSA, Jim was vice president of government affairs for American Commercial Lines, Inc. (ACL), where he advanced ACL's legislative and regulatory affairs programs to improve the nation's waterways transportation infrastructure. He also worked to implement positive changes on inland waterway tax policy and the US Coast Guard's regulation of the inland barge industry.
Jim also has experience in railroads and highway infrastructure development. As resident vice president for CSX Transportation, he represented CSX in government and community forums in Kentucky. In the public sector, Jim served in senior leadership positions in Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet and Kentucky's Department of Public Protection.
Jim began his career as a commissioned Coast Guard officer. At sea, he served as a deck watch officer and department head with responsibilities for vessel operations, navigation, and maritime law enforcement. Later he was named congressional fellow to the Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommittee in the House of Representatives. Following his Coast Guard service, Jim joined the subcommittee's professional staff, advancing legislation supporting the US Coast Guard and improving the safety and efficiency of regulatory programs affecting the offshore maritime industry, fishing industry, and inland barge industry.
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499 SOUTH CAPITOL STREET, S.W., Suite 600, WASHINGTON,, DC, 20003, 
1) Accenture Federal Services LLC
2) Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
3) AMERICAN FACTORING ASSOCIATION
5) Association of Catastrophe Adjusters
9) Canero Immigration Law Firm
11) Enlink Midstream
12) FEDERAL HISTORIC TAX CREDIT COALITION
13) FM Services Company - formerly - (Freeport McMoran Energy L.L.C)
14) Freeport-McMoRan
225-346-6900
453 LAFAYETTE ST., STE. A, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70802, 
1) 3M Company
3) Air Products and Chemical, Inc.
4) AT&T Louisiana and its Subsidiaries
5) Baton Rouge General Medical Center
6) Carbo Landscape Architecture
7) CenTrio
8) CH2M Hill/Jacobs Engineering
9) Chiropractic Association of Louisiana
10) CHRISTUS Health
11) Cigar Association of America, Inc.
12) City of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish
13) Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation
14) Conduent, Inc. and its Affiliates
15) Drax Biomass
16) Election Systems and Software
17) Greater Baton Rouge Airport District
18) Harveston Wastewater District, LLC
20) IBM
21) Instate Partners
23) Kindle Energy
26) Longwood Green Initiative, LLC
29) Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association
30) Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association
31) Louisiana State University Foundation
32) Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association
33) LSU Foundation
34) Motorola
35) Nortec, LLC
36) Optometry Association of Louisiana
37) Outdoor Advertising Association of Louisiana
39) Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Louisiana
40) Police Jury Association of Louisiana
45) Sempra Energy Global Enterprises
47) Tesla, Inc.
48) Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana
51) Venyu Solutions, Inc./Eatel
52) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
53) Walgreens
499 SOUTH CAPITOL STREET, S.W., Suite 600, WASHINGTON,, DC, 20003, 
225-346-6900
453 LAFAYETTE ST., STE. A, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70802, 
1) 3M Company
3) Air Products and Chemical, Inc.
4) AT&T Louisiana and its Subsididiaries
5) Baton Rouge General Medical Center
6) Carbo Landscape Architecture
7) CenTrio
8) CH2M Hill/Jacobs Engineering
9) Chiropractic Association of Louisiana
10) CHRISTUS Health
11) Cigar Association of America, Inc.
12) City of East Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish
13) Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation
14) Conduent, Inc. and its Affiliates
15) Drax Biomass
16) Election Systems and Software
17) Greater Baton Rouge Airport District
18) Harveston Wastewater District, LLC
20) IBM
21) Instate Partners
23) Kindle Energy
26) Longwood Green Initiative, LLC
29) Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association
30) Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association
31) Louisiana State University Foundation
32) Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association
33) LSU Foundation
34) Motorola
35) Nortec, LLC
36) Optometry Association of Louisiana
37) Outdoor Advertising Association of Louisiana
39) Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Louisiana
40) Police Jury Association of Louisiana
45) Sempra Energy Global Enterprises
47) Tesla, Inc.
48) Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana
52) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
53) Walgreens