EDITORIAL REVIEW

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Cahill’s a clear choice for commercial real estate matters, business and finance law, creditors’ rights, workouts and commercial bankruptcies.





VISITOR RATINGS (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being best)

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ANONYMOUS REVIEWER
relationship: represented me (Real Estate and Mortgage Issues, Leasing Issues, General Business) rates/fees: Rates are comparable to other firms with similar expertise in the New Orleans area. comments: Mr. Cahill has an excellent understanding of the law on issues he has handled for our company. Over and above this knowledge is his ability to apply that knowledge to business situation in order to take the correct action or reaction.		service 10 expertise 10 quality 10 overall 10 recommend? yes

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Member

Mr. Cahill is a member of the Firm's Business Group whose practice is concentrated in commercial real estate, business and finance law, as well as creditors' rights, workouts and foreclosures and commercial bankruptcy. Mr. Cahill is actively involved with many professional, civic, charitable and trade organizations, including the Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association (having recently served two terms as a Supervisory Council Member of the Section's Governing Council); the American College of Real Estate Lawyers; the American Bankruptcy Institute; the Business Section and the Torts and Insurance (TIPS) Section of the American Bar Association; and the International Council of Shopping Centers, a trade association that represents the interests of those involved in the shopping center industry. Mr. Cahill is the Immediate Past President of the Louisiana Bar Foundation; a member of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Bar Association; a member of the Board of Directors of Children's Hospital in New Orleans; and also has served as Co-Chair of the University Of New Orleans Business Alumni Council, whose purpose is to serve as an advisory group to the Dean of the Business School to assist the Dean in advancing the interests of the School.

Mr. Cahill has taught as an Adjunct Professor (1993) and as a Skills Instructor (1992-present) at Loyola Law School in New Orleans. Mr. Cahill has spoken at seminars, conventions and meetings throughout the country, including the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, American College of Mortgage Attorneys, American Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, Louisiana Land Title Association and Louisiana Bankers Association, among other professional and trade groups.

Bar Admissions:

• Louisiana, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1980
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1982
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2004

Education:

• Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980; J.D.
  Law Review: Loyola Law Review, Casenote Editor, 1978 - 1980
• University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA, 1977; B.S.
  Honors: Dean's List, 1975-1977
  Major: Accounting

Representative Cases:

• T.D. Bickham Corp. v. Hebert, 432 So.2d 228 (La. 1983)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Adjunct Professor, Business Organizations, Loyola School of Law, 1993
• Instructor, Real Estate Skills Course, Loyola School of Law, 1992 - Present
• Speaker and Participant, Real Estate Transactions from A-Z, Loyola Univeristy Institute for Continuing Legal Education
• Speaker and Participant, Handling the Multistate Transaction, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Orange Beach, CA
• Speaker and Participant, Representing the Seller and Purchaser from Beginning to End, Loyola University Institute for Continuing Legal Education
• Speaker and Participant, The Fundamentals of Curing Title Defects, Loyola University Institute for Continuing Legal Education
• Speaker and Participant, Boundary Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, Fall, 1990
• Speaker and Participant, Beware the Bankrupt Tenant: What You Don't Know Will Hurt, ACREL Mid-Year Meeting, 2004
• Speaker and Participant, Ethics, NOBA Bar Conference, 2004

Honors and Awards:

• Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2010 - 2011
• Chambers USA: American Leading Business Lawyer, Real Estate Law, 2008 - 2010
• Outstanding Alumnus of UNO College of Business, 2002
• Pro Bono Publico Award, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1989
• Beta Alpha Psi National Honor Accounting Fraternity
• R.O.S.E. Award - Friends of NORD
• Best Lawyers in America - Real Estate Law, 2011

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Chairperson, Diversity Committee, 1999-Present; Member, Real Property Division Advisory Board, 1999- Present, 1999 - 2004
  Chairperson
• University of New Orleans Business Alumni Council, 2003 - Present
  Founding Board Member; Co-chair
• Co-Chair, Business Series Committee, 2000 - 2003
• Algiers Economic Development Foundation (AEDF), 2000 - 2001
  President
• American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Member, Developments in Business Financing Committee
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)
• Children's Hospital of New Orleans Board of Directors
• American Bar Foundation
• Young Lawyer Division of American Bar Association
  Fellow
• Louisiana Bar Foundation
  Board of Directors
• New Orleans Bar Association
  Board of Directors
• International Council of Shopping Centers

Past Employment Positions:

• McGlinchey Stafford, Member, 1985 - 1999
• McGlinchey Stafford, Associate, 1980 - 1984

Pro Bono Activities:

• New Orleans Pro Bono Project, Chairperson, 1991
• New Orleans Pro Bono Project, Founding Board Member, 1987 - 1993

Ancillary Businesses:

• Title Insurance

Birth Information:

• 1955, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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Elwood F. Cahill, Jr.

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