Sterling Scott "Scott" Willis

Sterling Scott "Scott" Willis


Fishman Haygood L.L.P.

Recognized since 2005

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law

Equipment Finance Law

Real Estate Law

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Scott Willis is a partner and a member of our Business Section. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial transactions, negotiated acquisitions, oil, gas and natural resources, banking and commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and financing.

Scott is a member of the LSU Law School Alumni Board of Trustees. He is the past chair of the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section Committee on Legal Opinions, and is currently Chairman of the ACREL Legal Opinions Committee and an inaugural member of the Law Firm Advisory Board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions. He is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and a past Chair of the Louisiana Bankers Association’s Bank Counsel Committee. He is also past Chairman of the New Orleans Bureau of Governmental Research. He has frequently lectured on commercial transactions and legal opinion issues and as a guest lecturer at LSU Law School. Scott is also the Vice Chair for eCLE for the ABA Real Property Section standing CLE Committee.

Publications / Presentations

  • Member of the drafting group for the ABA/ACREL Real Estate Opinion Letter Guidelines 38 REAL. PROP. PROB. & TR. J. 241 (2003)
  • Author of Article 9 Remedies in West’s Louisiana Statutes Annotated Code of Civil Procedure

Contact & Links
Location
  • 201 Saint Charles Avenue, Suite 4600
    New Orleans, LA 70170-4600
Languages
  • English
Education
  • Louisiana State University, J.D., graduated 1983
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association

Fishman Haygood L.L.P.
Headquarters: New Orleans, Louisiana

24 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

7 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Equipment Finance Law, New Orleans (2021)
  • Real Estate Law, New Orleans (2020)
  • Banking and Finance Law, New Orleans (2018)
  • Equipment Finance Law, New Orleans (2017)
  • Banking and Finance Law, New Orleans (2016)
  • Equipment Finance Law, New Orleans (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Equipment Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
  • Commercial Finance
  • Finance
  • Loan Documentation
  • Maritime Lending
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mortgage
  • Oil & Gas Lending
  • Real Estate
  • Transactions
  • Uniform Commercial Code

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