Scott R. Simmons

Experience

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  Scott R. Simmons, L.L.C.

  Jan 1994 - May 2019

  Managing Attorney

  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; works extensively with creative financing, state and federal funding, New Markets Tax Credit Program, Historic Tax Credit Program and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program; worked 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; on a daily basis manages a high volume real estate practice.Also practices in the areas of multi district litigation and class actions and served as court appointed Class Counsel in Harrison et al. v. Sewell, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Show less

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  Mentz | Simmons Law Group, L.L.C.

  Jun 2019 - now

  Partner

  Mentz | Simmons Law Group, L.L.C. is a boutique law firm, offering personalized service for a diverse clientele. What makes us a boutique law firm with personalized service? We focus on our clients’ needs – first and foremost.And, how do we do that? By carefully listening to the story our client has to tell, asking the right questions, deciphering the true issues at hand, and determining whether there is a legal remedy that could provide the relief the client wants.Then, after reviewing our assessment with the client, we provide options that take into consideration time, expense, and potential outcome. We work with the client to develop a plan that meets the client’s needs and budget.Our clients appreciate our approach of including them in the decision-making process and explaining all facets of the legal process, its benefits, along with its pitfalls. Our clients are individuals, multi-generational families, and small and large entities or organizations. Our clients’ needs and our experience range from business sales and mergers, personal injury, foreclosure, lease negotiation, successions, wills, non-profit foundation advice, multi-district litigation, property acquisition, development and construction financing, navigating government RFPs, and general legal counsel for our clients.With over 60 years of combined legal experience, our attorneys have extensive experience that we use as an asset for our clients. We also know when to say we cannot help. But, we know attorneys to suggest and can offer associations to maintain our client care while delivering the best legal service in the business. What is the end product of our personalized service? Loyal clients through the years. Many of our clients remain loyal because we are the only attorneys they know and trust. Our clients have confidence in our honest and forthright legal advice. They refer their friends and family to our attorneys for the personal, considered and valuable legal services we provide. Show less

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  Monarch Title, L.L.C.

  Jun 2019 - now

  Partner

  Monarch Title, L.L.C. is a licensed and insured title company that facilitates residential and commercial real estate transactions statewide from the heart of New Orleans at the Docks in the American Can Company. We handle sales and loan closings, issue title insurance policies for purchasers and lenders, and provide settlement services for single-family home buyers, historic homes, condominium and subdivision developers, and substantial commercial acquisitions, developments and repurposing projects.Monarch Title, L.L.C. is the in-house title company of Mentz | Simmons Law Group, L.L.C. The attorneys at Mentz | Simmons assist in the transactional process by curing title issues, filing successions, creating condominiums, and providing legal counsel to complete the transaction, all in the efforts of getting transactions completed as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.In its effort to give back to the community and supporting the professionalism of the industry, our attorneys have worked extensively with non-profit organizations to provide affordable housing, have provided training for first-time home buyers, and have introduced new realtors to the closing process and the role of a title company in that process.Monarch Title, L.L.C. is an approved closer for local, regional and national lenders. We issue title insurance through Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, one of the largest and most respected land title insurance companies. Additionally, Monarch Title, L.L.C. complies with all American Land Title Association’s Best Practices and all TRID guidelines.Representative transactions that illustrate the trust and confidence in the attorneys at Monarch Title, L.L.C. include the purchase, financing and development of a senior living campus, apartment complexes, condominium conversion of 24 story downtown New Orleans office building, farmland, hunting camps, batture properties, boathouses along Lake Pontchartrain, and acreage across Louisiana. Show less