Chelsea P. Fitzgerald

Member

New Orleans

Chelsea Fitzgerald is an attorney in the Affordable Housing and Community  Development practice areas of Longwell Riess.

 
Chelsea represents developers, lenders, and nonprofit organizations in a wide range  of corporate and commercial real estate transactions, including tax credit  financings for the development of affordable housing, restoration of historic  buildings, and business development in low-income communities.  


Chelsea previously served as a public service fellow at Southeast Louisiana Legal  Services in New Orleans representing low-income clients with housing legal  issues, including defending clients in eviction proceedings, preserving clients’  subsidized housing, advocating for clients’ rights, and mediating landlord tenant conflicts.  

    • Vanderbilt University School of Law, 2016

    • Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Managing Editor

    • Moot Court Board, Associate Justice

    • Vanderbilt Bar Association, Class Representative

    • University of Florida, B. A. in Political Science and Spanish, magna cum laude, 2012

    Languages

    • Spanish

    • Tennessee, 2018

    • Louisiana, 2016

    • American Bar Association, Real Property Trusts & Estates Fellow in Affordable Housing, 2021-2023

    • New Orleans Bar Association, Member

    • Louisiana Bankers Association, Bank Counsel Section, Member

    • Louisiana Land Title Association, Member

    • Tulane Law School, Real Estate Contracts, Guest Lecturer

    • New Orleans Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Member

    • Forbes Under 30 Global Women’s Summit, Tel Aviv, Israel

    • Urban Land Institute (ULI), Member

    • Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Louisiana chapter, Member

    • Rebuilding Together New Orleans, Board of Directors

    • Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, Fundraising Advisory Board Member

    • Vanderbilt University, Oak Leaf Society, Member

    • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Government Relations Practice (2024 - 2025)

    • Louisiana Super Lawyers, Rising Stars list (2022-2025)

    • Scholastic Excellence Award- Intellectual Property Survey, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2014

    • First Place at the Phi Delta Phi Annual Chili Cook-Off, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2015

  • Presentations

    • ABA RPTE eCLE, “Updated ALTA Forms: What’s New,” June 30, 2021

    • 33rd Annual RPTE Virtual National Conference, “Updated ALTA Forms: What’s New,” April 21, 2021

    Publications

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