• General corporate representation of a group of affiliated companies in the marine services industry in the Gulf of Mexico and internationally, including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, loans and contracts with customers.
• Representation of gaming company regarding real estate matters.
• Representation of a publicly held utility holding company and its regulated utility subsidiary and its other non-regulated subsidiaries in regard to overseeing and negotiating debt transactions.
• Representation of owner in the acquisition of a minority share of NBA franchise.
• Representation of lenders and borrowers in loan transactions providing working capital facilities, term loans and construction and permanent financings of vessels, movie theaters, nursing homes, paper mills, hotels, restaurants, riverboat casinos, manufacturing plants, and television and radio stations.
• Representation of lenders in motion picture finance.

Two Phelps Partners Welcomed to New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Hall of Fame (10/5/2020)

127 Phelps Lawyers Selected to Best Lawyers in America, 16 Named "Lawyer of the Year" and 37 Chosen for First Class of "Ones to Watch" (8/20/2020)

Professional

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Louisiana Bankers Association

Civic

• Success Preparatory Academy - Chairman
• Breakthrough Collaborative Educational Program - Former President
• Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR) - Former President
• Isidore Newman School - Former Board of Governors
• Newman Alumni Association - Former President
• New Orleans Vanderbilt Club - Former President
• Young Leadership Council’s RECreate New Orleans

• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Banking and Finance Law (2015-2021), Real Estate Law (2010-2021), Securitization and Structured Finance Law (2011-2021), The Best Lawyers in America
• Louisiana Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (2007-2008, 2013-2016)
• Leadership in Law, New Orleans CityBusiness (2012)
• Top Lawyers, New Orleans Magazine (2019)