Knowledge, Experience, Integrity
Current Honors:
Political: In an attempt to intimately assist with the re-building of New Orleans after Katrina, Ms. Boulet ran a healthy, progressive, campaign as a candidate for Mayor of New Orleans. Although she did not win the election, Ms. Boulet was praised for her novel ideas and was seen as the stimulus for new direction in the platforms of the front running candidates. This was Ms. Boulet’s first attempt at political office.
Directorship: CenturyTel, Inc., headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, is a New York Stock Exchange company included in the S&P 500 Index, and is a leading provider of consumer and business communications solutions in rural areas and small to mid-size cities in 26 states.
Directorship: W&T Offshore, Inc., is an independent oil and natural gas company focused primarily in the Gulf of Mexico area, including the deepwater, which holds working interests in approximately 110 fields in federal and state waters and has interests in leases covering approximately 927,000 acres. W&T Offshore is a New York Stock Exchange company.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Banking Law; Mergers and Acquisitions.
Biography: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations, 1983. Order of the Coif. Editor, Maritime Lawyer, 1982-1983. Adjunct Professor of Securities Law, Loyola University Law School. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Law School: Tulane University School of Law, J.D., 1983.
College: Yale University, B.A., 1975.
High School: South Lafourche High School, 1971.
More About Virginia Boulet
For 23 years, Virginia Boulet has helped Louisiana businesses raise capital to fund growth and new jobs. She has authored legislation to protect Louisiana jobs and to help our businesses remain competitive. She serves on the boards of two New York Stock Exchange companies that have more than 2,000 employees in Louisiana. Virginia is focused on promoting economic growth for New Orleans by bringing thousands of high-paying jobs to our area and by attracting private capital to fund the rebuilding of our homes, schools, and hospitals. Ms. Boulet is committed to re-engineering the way our city does business and to healing the damage done by Katrina. In addition, Virginia is committed to solving problems that have plagued our city for many years.
Virginia was born in 1953. She graduated from South Lafourche High School in 1971 and from Yale University in 1975. 
After serving for three years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, Virginia worked for another year teaching English to Vietnamese immigrants in New Orleans East. Virginia attended Tulane University Law School and graduated with Honors in 1983. While at Tulane, Ms. Boulet was honored by graduating with the Order of the Coif. Virginia served on the board of editors for The Maritime Lawyer. Virginia chose to practice corporate law over the more common courtroom practice because she passionately believes that a strong economy and improved employment opportunity are necessary to a strong, vibrant, and successful community.
In 2003, Virginia worked as the Chief Operating Officer of IMDiversity, Inc., the publisher of The Black Collegian Magazine and on-line job board that assists some of the world’s largest companies to recruit African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic professionals. Virginia has been an adjunct professor of securities law at Loyola University Law School.
During her distinguished career, Ms. Boulet has served as the senior securities law partner of a regional firm based in the New Orleans area. She has twenty three years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, equity securities offerings, general business matters, corporate compliance, and commercial litigation. Virginia has represented regional banks, venture capital firms, oil, gas, and telecommunications companies doing business in the Gulf South. She has counseled many companies on corporate ethics issues and appropriate business practices. In addition to larger companies, Virginia has represented small and medium-sized businesses and local entrepreneurs that have grown to provide thousands of jobs in the New Orleans area. Ms. Boulet has drafted and secured passage of numerous Louisiana statutes related to corporations, securities, and banking.
Virginia Boulet is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. In addition, she is also kept busy as a mother of four.
