Scott Reeves Simmons

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      Scott Reeves Simmons

      New Orleans, Louisiana
      28 years of experience

      Biography

      Scott R. Simmons earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990 from Louisiana State University and his juris doctor in 1993 from Loyola University in New Orleans School of Law. Mr. Simmons was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1994 and subsequently to the bars of the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana. He has practiced in the areas of commercial litigation, residential and commercial real estate, title examination and title insurance, real estate development and financing, class actions, personal injury and consumer representation. Mr. Simmons is a Louisiana Notary Public, a Licensed Louisiana Insurance Producer writing for First American Title Insurance Company, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, WFG National Title Insurance Company and is also an active member of the state and local communities as a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Trusts, Estate, Probate & Immovable Property Law Section, New Orleans Bar Association, and the LSU Alumni Association. He also serves on the LSU College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Council. In addition, Scott teaches First-Time Homebuyer Training for a variety of local organizations.

      Practice Areas

      Real Estate Law

      Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

      Consumer Law

      Class Action, Lemon Law

      Products Liability

      Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

      Personal Injury

      Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

      Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

      Louisiana

      Professional Experience

      Attorney Monroe & Lemann

      Year: 1994 - 1995

      Description: Assisted managing partner with one, extremely voluminous anti-trust lawsuit working under limiting time constraints. Responsibilities included: investigation, researching, drafting pleadings, organizing documents, and tracking information and intelligence.

      Attorney Scott R. Simmons, L.L.C.

      Year: 1994 - Current

      Description: Commercial and residential real estate practice in New Orleans, Louisiana including representation of single family home buyers, condominium and subdivision developers, and commercial acquisitions and redevelopments; has worked extensively with creative financing, state and federal funding, New Markets Tax Credit Program, Historic Tax Credit Program and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program; also worked extensively with the City of New Orleans and First American Title Insurance Company to develop the Sale and Donation of Adjudicated Property to transfer thousands of tax sale properties to developers; manages a high volume of files for developer clients.

      Attorney Shapiro & Mentz, L.L.P.

      Year: 1999 - 2005

      Description: Examined approximately 1,500 abstracts of title each year along with an equivalent number of foreclosure petitions throughout Louisiana, also responsible for curing title problems in conjunction with the foreclosure process including average curative work as wells as reopening successions, litigation between property owners, special tax issues, and other difficult and odd cases involving peculiar foreclosure and title issues. Clients included the largest mortgage lenders and servicers in the U.S. and occasionally individual mortgage holders. Worked closely with First American Title Insurance Agency and other national and local offices of title insurers to cure title problems. Working relationship with many title agencies in Louisiana. Managed a support staff of 28. Court appearances for summary judgments and mandamus proceedings.

      Attorney Bayou Title, Inc.

      Year: 2005 - Current

      Description: Real estate practice that includes examining abstracts of title and completing closings for residential and commercial transactions in the metropolitan New Orleans area and issuing title insurance policies in conjunction with same for both purchaser and lender.

      Professional Associations

      Louisiana Notary Public Notary Public (1994 - Current)

      Louisiana State Bar Member (1994 - Current)

      United States District Court - Western District of Louisiana Admitted (1995 - Current)

      United States District Court - Middle District of Louisiana Admitted (1995 - Current)

      United States District Court - Eastern District of Louisiana Admitted (1995 - Current)

      Louisiana Department of Insurance Producer (2003 - Current)

      Commonwealth Land America Land Title Insurance Company Agent (2005 - Current)

      WFG National Title Insurance Company Agent (2012 - Current)

      First American Title Insurance Company Agent (1999 - Current)

      Education

      • Loyola University New Orleans LL.D. (1993) | Civil Law

        Year: 1990 - 1993

      • Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge B.A. (1978) | English, French, Animal Sciences

        Year: 1985 - 1989

        Honors: Dean's List Spring 1989 and Fall 1989. Federal Land Bank of Jackson Scholarship. Alliance Française, Paris, France - 1990.

      Websites

      Address:

      1820 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

      Fax:

      (504) 896-2565

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