Joel E. Cape
Associate
Phone: (504) 599-8184
Fax:
(504) 599-8153
Email: jcape@frilotpartridge.com
PRACTICE AREAS
Agricultural & Agribusiness
Products Liability
Intellectual Property
EDUCATION
University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, AR, 1998
LL.M. Agricultural Law
University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, AR, 1997
J.D.
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1993
B.S. Agricultural Economics
BAR ADMISSIONS
Arkansas, 1997
Oklahoma, 1997
Louisiana, 1999
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
American Agricultural Law Association
Metairie Baptist Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal School Dad’s Club
American Simmental Association
LSU Agricultural Leadership Development Class 10
Joel E. Cape is an associate in the firm and focuses his practice on agricultural
and agribusiness law, intellectual property, and products liability litigation. Mr. Cape’s
background and education in agriculture particularly enables him to understand the
unique legal issues in the industry. He originally hails form Northeastern Oklahoma
where he raised, showed, and marketed purebred beef cattle as member of his local 4-H
and Future Farmers of America chapters. Mr. Cape is familiar with laws that are
uniquely applicable to agriculture and agribusiness, including the Packers and Stockyards
Act, Plant Variety Protection Act, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Federal
Seed Act, state seed laws, and state Right-to-Farm laws.
Representative Experience
 Represents a large agricultural biotechnology company in the national
enforcement of its intellectual property rights.
 Represented a large strawberry nursery in a products liability case which was
successfully removed to federal court and settled on terms highly favorable to the
client.
 Advised client on state seed laws, seed arbitrations, and Right-to-Farm laws.
 Represented clients in commercial disputes, landlord-tenant disputes, and general
tort matters.
Presentations
 Arkansas Seed Growers 89th Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Laws in the
Seed Industry (2006)
 Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference, A Crop Disaster:
How to Manage Your Liability (2005)
 National Alliance of Independnet Crop Consultants Annual Meeting, Anatomy of
a Lawsuit (2005)
 United Soybean Board, Intellectual Property Law for the Soybean Producer
(2005)
 10th Annual Louisiana Plant Material Conference, Agricultural Intellectual
Property: A Primer (2004)
 Ahrens Tort Symposium: Genetically Modified Foods, Responder to
Practitioner’s Perspective on Agricultural Intellectual Property Law (2003)