James E. Toups, Jr. Of Counsel—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.8005 Fax: 225.376.5619 Email: james.toups@bswllp.com

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Mr. Toups’s principal areas of practice include bank and real estate closings and all types of property matters, including sales, exchanges, mortgages, leases and servitude agreements and the examination of title and the issuance of title insurance policies, as an agent for Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation and First American Title Insurance Company.

He is also a board certified estate planning and administration attorney. His experience in this area includes estate planning, drafting wills and trusts and handling successions and succession litigation for over thirty years.

Education

Admitted to practice; Louisiana, 1966, Louisiana Supreme Court; U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western District of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit

Paul M. Hebert Law School, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1966

Tulane University, B.S. 1961

Professional Associations

Baton Rouge Bar Association, Past President, Past Chairman of the Pro Bono Committee, Past Chairman of Baton Rouge Property Lawyers Group

Louisiana State Bar Association, Member of the House of Delegates for ten years

American Bar Association, Probate and Property Section

Past President, Baton Rouge Round Table

Community Involvement

Past President of City Club of Baton Rouge

First President of City Club Foundation

Member of Estate and Business Planning Council of Baton Rouge

President and Member of Board of Directors of Catholic-Presbyterian Apartments for elderly and handicapped

Past State President and Baton Rouge President of the Navy League of the United States; Captain, USNR-Ret. (surface warfare)

Member of Military Order of World Wars.

Representative Matters

Handled the purchase of a new industrial site of 1826 acres, including plantation and forty (40) out parcels, on the Mississippi River for a major chemical company.

Acted as state counsel for money center banks in connection with large loans for acquisition, construction, expansion and/or refinancing of chemical and industrial facilities for major industries and issued title insurance policies in connection therewith.

Handled the purchase and sale of shopping center and commercial properties.

Represented seller in sale of large historic retail building in the French Quarter in New Orleans.

Handles and defends title insurance claims for two major national title insurance companies.