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Latest 2025 Lobbyist Registration

 

Lobbyist's Name: MR. CHRISTIAN RHODES

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Address: 504 LAKELAND DRIVE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70802

Phone: 225-802-7567

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Employer Information

Employer Name: PELICAN STATE PARTNERS, LLC

Employer Address: 504 LAKELAND DRIVE
BATON ROUGE , LOUISIANA 70802




Registration Details

Lobbying Type: Executive Branch Lobbying
  Date of the first action which required your registration as a lobbyist: 1/1/2025  
  (The date in which lobbying became part of your principal duties or the date in which you acted in a representative capacity and made and expenditure on a Legislator.)
  If you were an executive branch lobbyist during the previous calendar year, have you completed the annual ethics training required pursuant to R.S. 42:1170 for the previous calendar year? Yes
  Date Registration Submitted: 1/9/2025 View Original Registration Form  
  Dates Registered: 1/1/2025  - 12/31/2025  

Lobbying Type: Legislative Branch Lobbying
  Date of the first action which required your registration as a lobbyist: 1/1/2025  
  (The date in which you acted in a representative capacity and made an expenditure on an executive branch official.)
  If you were a legislative lobbyist during the previous calendar year, have you completed the annual ethics training required pursuant to R.S. 42:1170 for the previous calendar year? Yes
  Date Registration Submitted: 1/9/2025 View Original Registration Form  
  Dates Registered: 1/1/2025  - 12/31/2025  

Lobbying Type: Local Government Lobbying
  Date of the first action which required your registration as a lobbyist: 1/1/2025  
  (The date in which you, acted in a representative capacity, made an aggregate amount of expenditures of $500 or more, on local level officials.)
  Date Registration Submitted: 1/9/2025 View Original Registration Form  
  Dates Registered: 1/1/2025  - 12/31/2025  


Information about Persons, Groups, or Organizations Represented:
Name: B.P. America
 
Description:  oil and gas
 
Address:  850 POYDRAS STREET, STE 1405
NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA 70130
  Branch: Legislative / Executive    
  Lobbying Dates: 8/1/2010  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $25,000 - $49,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 Manufacturing; wholesale
 
   
Name: Associated Branch Pilots
 
Description:  Maritime
 
Address:  2955 RIDGELAKE DR., STE 110
METAIRIE, LOUISIANA 70002
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/31/2012
  Lobbying Dates: 1/31/2012  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Government; local; municipal; parish; state; federal
 International trade
 Transportation
 Unions, labor issues, and special advocacy groups.
 
   
Name: Ernest M. Morial Convention Center
 
Description:  Convention Center
 
Address:  900 CONVENTION CENTER BOULEVARD
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/31/2012
  Lobbying Dates: 1/31/2012  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Arts and entertainment
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 Hotels, restaurants, and tourism
 
   
Name: New Orleans Business Council
 
Description:  New Orleans business interests
 
Address:  222 BARONNE STREET
NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA 70112
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/31/2012
  Lobbying Dates: 1/31/2012  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: New Orleans & Co.
 
Description:  Business - promotes and attracts tourism to New Orleans
 
Address:  1520 SUGAR BOWL DRIVE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70112
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/31/2012
  Lobbying Dates: 1/31/2012  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Hotels, restaurants, and tourism
 
   
Name: The Port of New Orleans
 
Description:  Port
 
Address:  P.O. BOX 60046
NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA 70160
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/31/2012
  Lobbying Dates: 1/31/2012  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Transportation
 
   
Name: Reynolds American, Inc
 
Description:  Manufacturer
 
Address:  401 NORTH MAIN
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA 27102
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/31/2012
  Lobbying Dates: 1/31/2012  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Tobacco industry
 
   
Name: Uber Technologies, Inc.
 
Description:  Technology application service
 
Address:  1455 MARKET STREET, 4TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94103
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 10/20/2014
  Lobbying Dates: 10/20/2014  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Computers, hardware, software, and intellectual property
 
   
Name: Charter Schools USA
 
Description:  Charter school system
 
Address:  3110 MAGAZINE STREET, #211
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70115
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/13/2015
  Lobbying Dates: 4/13/2015  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Educational services; colleges; technical schools; trade schools
 
   
Name: Justice Action Network
 
Description:  Criminal justice reform
 
Address:  444 N. CAPITOL STREET, NW, SUITE 200
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20001
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/11/2016
  Lobbying Dates: 1/11/2016  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Law and lawyers
 
   
Name: PhRMA
 
Description:  Pharmaceutical research
 
Address:  950 F STREET NW, SUITE 300
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20004
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/7/2017
  Lobbying Dates: 4/7/2017  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
 
   
Name: The Advocacy Partners, LLC
 
Description:  Consultants
 
Address:  3641 NAPOLEON AVENUE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70125
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 12/11/2017
  Lobbying Dates: 12/11/2017  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Description:  Law
 
Address:  1660 L STREET NW, 12TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20036
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 7/9/2018
  Lobbying Dates: 7/9/2018  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Law and lawyers
 
   
Name: Marquette Transportation Company
 
Description:  Transportation
 
Address:  150 BALLARD CIRCLE
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 42001
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 12/1/2018
  Lobbying Dates: 12/1/2018  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Transportation
 
   
Name: Willis-Knighton Medical Center
 
Description:  Medical organization
 
Address:  2600 GREENWOOD ROAD
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71103
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 9/28/2020
  Lobbying Dates: 9/28/2020  - 3/10/2025
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; hospitals; nursing homes; elderly care; hospice
 
 3/11/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Employment Start: 09/28/2020, Lobbying Dates: 09/28/2020 - )
   
Name: Crescent Capitol Consulting, LLC
 
Description:  Government relations consulting
 
Address:  5639 CHARLOTTE DRIVE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70122
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 9/28/2020
  Lobbying Dates: 9/28/2020  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: Pelican State Partners, LLC
 
Description:  Lobbying firm
 
Address:  504 LAKELAND DRIVE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70802
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/8/2021
  Lobbying Dates: 3/8/2021  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: Tulane University
 
Description:  Higher education research facility
 
Address:  6823 ST CHARLES AVE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 3/10/2021
  Lobbying Dates: 3/10/2021  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Educational services; colleges; technical schools; trade schools
 
   
Name: Entergy Services, LLC
 
Description:  Utility services
 
Address:  639 LOYOLA AVENUE SUITE 300
NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA 70113
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/7/2021
  Lobbying Dates: 4/7/2021  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Utilities; electric; gas; water; nuclear
 
   
Name: JAM Consulting LLC
 
Description:  Consulting firm
 
Address:  15001 COPPING DRIVE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70810
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/19/2021
  Lobbying Dates: 4/19/2021  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: Aramark Educational Services, LLC
 
Description:  Education
 
Address:  2400 MARKET STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19106
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 7/16/2021
  Lobbying Dates: 7/16/2021  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Educational services; colleges; technical schools; trade schools
 
   
Name: Ilera Holistic Healthcare
 
Description:  Holistic Healthcare
 
Address:  13073 PLANK ROAD
BAKER, LOUISIANA 70714
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/14/2022
  Lobbying Dates: 1/14/2022  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales
 
   
Name: Louisiana Press Association
 
Description:  News media organizations
 
Address:  404 EUROPE STREET
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70802
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 1/21/2022
  Lobbying Dates: 1/21/2022  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association
 
Description:  Intracoastal canal
 
Address:  P. O. BOX 2698
COVINGTON, LOUISIANA 70434
  Branch: Legislative / Executive    
  Lobbying Dates: 9/6/2022  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: City Park Conservancy
 
Description:  Non-profit management and operations
 
Address:  1 PALM DRIVE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70124
  Branch: Legislative / Executive    
  Lobbying Dates: 11/7/2022  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: The Recording Academy
 
Description:  Entertainment
 
Address:  3030 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90404
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/10/2023
  Lobbying Dates: 4/10/2023  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Arts and entertainment
 
   
Name: Relief Telemed
 
Description:  care delivery platform
 
Address:  7117 FLORIDA BOULEVARD
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70806
  Branch: Legislative / Local     Employment Start Date: 1/1/2024
  Lobbying Dates: 1/1/2024  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses
 
   
Name: 3T Health
 
Description:  healthcare services
 
Address:  7117 FLORIDA BOULEVARD
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70806
  Branch: Legislative / Local     Employment Start Date: 1/1/2024
  Lobbying Dates: 1/1/2024  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Health care; physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses
 
   
Name: LA Municipal Risk Management Agency
 
Description:  municipality risk management
 
Address:  6767 PERKINS ROAD
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70808
  Branch: Legislative     Employment Start Date: 4/1/2024
  Lobbying Dates: 4/1/2024  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Business and private and commercial enterprises
 
   
Name: CITGO Petroleum Corporation
 
Description:  oil & gas
 
Address:  1293 ELDRIDGE PARKWAY
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77077
  Branch: Legislative / Executive / Local     Employment Start Date: 4/10/2024
  Lobbying Dates: 4/10/2024  - 3/10/2025
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Manufacturing; oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry
 
 3/11/2025: Lobbyist updated: (Employment Start: 04/10/2024, Lobbying Dates: 04/10/2024 - )
   
Name: Meta Platforms, Inc.
 
Description:  technology company
 
Address:  1 HACKER WAY
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025
  Branch: Legislative / Executive / Local     Employment Start Date: 4/29/2024
  Lobbying Dates: 4/29/2024  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Computers, hardware, software, and intellectual property
 
   
Name: New Orleans Museum of Art
 
Description:  Art and Tourism
 
Address:  ONE COLLINS C. DIBOLL CIRCLE, CITY PARK
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70124
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 9/1/2024
  Lobbying Dates: 1/1/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $25,000 - $49,999
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Arts and entertainment
 
 1/9/2025: Added Subject Matter: Arts and entertainment
   
Name: Sports Betting Alliance
Representation added on: 5/2/2025
 
Description:  Gambling and sports wagering
 
Address:  2200 WILSON BLVD, SUITE 102-72
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22201
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 5/1/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 5/1/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Gaming
 
 5/2/2025: Removed Subject Matter: Environmental quality, conservation, and wildlife preservation
 5/2/2025: Added Subject Matter: Environmental quality, conservation, and wildlife preservation
 5/2/2025: Added Subject Matter: Gaming
   
Name: Audubon Institute
Representation added on: 5/2/2025
 
Description:  parks, recreation, and economic development
 
Address:  6500 MAGAZINE STREET
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118
  Branch: Legislative / Executive     Employment Start Date: 4/24/2025
  Lobbying Dates: 5/1/2025  -
  Paid by Representation: Yes   Payment Category: $24,999 or less
  If No, who pays you:
  Subject Matters:
   
 Hotels, restaurants, and tourism
 
 5/2/2025: Added Subject Matter: Hotels, restaurants, and tourism
   

Information about Business Relationships:

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