William Langenstein has been elected as Vice Chairman to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and New Orleans Public Belt Railroad.

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) selected new officers with the election of Darryl D. Berger as Chairman, William H. Langenstein, III, as Vice Chairman and Charles H. Ponstein as Secretary-Treasurer during the June 25 monthly Board meeting. 

Port Nola consists of seven commissioners. They are unsalaried and serve five-year staggered terms. The Governor of Louisiana appoints Board members from a list of three nominations submitted by 19 local civic, labor, education and maritime groups. The Board reflects the Port’s three-parish jurisdiction, with two members from Jefferson Parish, four from Orleans Parish and one from St. Bernard Parish.

Read the entire Port Nola press release here

About William Langenstein

Bill serves in Chaffe McCall’s New Orleans office as a member of the firm’s Taxation, Corporate & Real Estate, and Business Law sections. He is a board-certified tax attorney who focuses on estate planning, real estate, commercial lending, corporate law, venture capital work, transactional and tax law. He is also a licensed title insurance agent