Beaux Jones is the President and CEO for The Water Institute (the Institute). Prior to joining the Institute, Beaux served as the environmental section chief for the Louisiana Department of Justice, where he represented the State of Louisiana and its agencies in a wide variety of matters ranging from environmental and coastal law to criminal and appellate law. He most recently worked as an environmental and coastal lawyer for the law firm Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer in New Orleans. Beaux has extensive experience representing agencies, companies, and organizations inside the courtroom and internally. He has argued cases at every level of state and federal court in Louisiana and has worked on several high-profile cases related to the Gulf Coast and Louisiana. He was on the BP spill litigation team with the Louisiana Attorney General.
Beaux handles general legal matters for the Institute, such as contracts and immigration law, but is also a key member of the leadership team, merging the Institute’s ongoing work in science, engineering and resiliency with legal policy. Beaux earned his bachelor’s from Davidson College and his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU. He is active in a variety of community and environmental causes.