Practice Focus
About
Louie Quinn has more than 40 years of experience and concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate development (housing, office, retail, mixed-use, and industrial); real estate finance; affordable housing, student housing, multi-family housing and condominiums; commercial leasing (Landlord and Tenant); business and commercial transactions, partnership syndications, public-private partnerships, and public finance transactions.
“Louie is an excellent lawyer and a top-notch guy.” —Real Estate Client, Chambers and Partners
Louie has an accounting degree and a broad business background specializing in commercial and finance transactions. He represents numerous clients in connection with a wide variety of private and public real estate transactions – purchase, sale and leasing of residential, office, retail, mixed-use, commercial, and industrial properties (multi-family housing projects, affordable housing projects, student housing projects, governmental facilities, correctional facilities, retail developments, office buildings, health care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living centers, mixed-use projects, condominium developments, hotels, and industrial and manufacturing projects).
Experience
Housing
- Represented developers in the acquisition, development and financing of Section 42 Tax Credit Affordable Housing Projects in multiple states; including negotiation of partnership agreements with nonprofit sponsors and tax credit syndicators.
- Represent lenders in the negotiation and closing of construction/permanent loans for construction of Section 42 Tax Credit Affordable Housing Projects.
- Represented lender in connection with a warehouse loan to fund tax-credit syndicator capital contributions for development of a Section 42 Tax Credit Affordable Housing Project.
- Represented equity investors in the negotiation with tax credit syndicators of partnership agreements for LIHTC Investment Funds [single investor and multi-investor funds].
- Real estate counsel to The Road Home Program – the single largest housing recovery program in U.S. History – Hurricane Katrina. Worked with the State to obtain approval of the program from HUD.
Professional Activities & Community Involvement
- American Bar Association, Member
- Baton Rouge Bar Association, Member
- Baton Rouge Growth Coalition, Board Member
- Boys and Girls Club of Baton Rouge: Past Chairman of the Board; Past Board Member
- Dunham School of Baton Rouge: Past Chairman of the Finance Committee; Past Board Member
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
- National Association of Bond Lawyers, Member
Recognitions
- Chambers USA: Public Finance and Real Estate, since 2010
- The Best Lawyers in America®: Banking and Finance Law, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law, and Real Estate Law, since 2003
- Best Lawyers®: "Lawyer of the Year" in Public Finance Law, Baton Rouge, 2025
- Lawdragon: 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers, 2025
Credentials
- M.S. in Community Counseling from Georgia State University, 1990
- J.D. from Louisiana State University, 1983
- B.S. from Louisiana State University, 1978
- Louisiana
- U.S. Middle District Court of Louisiana

