Langenstein elected 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) recently selected new officers with the election of Chaffe McCall Partner William H. Langenstein, III as Chairman, Charles H. Ponstein as Vice Chairman, and Jack Jenson as Secretary-Treasurer during the March 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. Bill joined the board in 2018 when he was appointed by Gov. John Bel Edwards.