Scott Willis Published in the American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education’s Magazine, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer
February 28, 2025
Fishman Haygood partner Scott Willis’s article, “Managing Professional Liability Risks in Preparing Legal Opinions,” was published in the March 2025 issue of the ALI CLE’s The Practical Real Estate Lawyer. The rendering of a third-party legal opinion, like other attorney responsibilities in connection with closing a real estate secured finance transaction, involves professional liability risks. In the article, Scott discusses how an opinion preparer’s use of due diligence and the inclusion in its opinion of customary assumptions, qualifications, limitations, and exclusions helps to minimize these risks. Read the full article here.
With only six issues per year, the ALI CLE’s The Practical Real Estate Lawyer is a “how-to-do-it” journal that brings practical advice, solutions, updates, and checklists that help lawyers solve problems within the field of real estate law. See more issues here.
Scott practices primarily in the areas of commercial transactions, negotiated acquisitions, banking and commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and financing. He is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and previously served on its Board of Governors, a member of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA), and a past Chair of the Louisiana Banker’s Association’s Bank Counsel Committee. Read more about Scott here.
Fishman Haygood attorneys have been involved in numerous landmark real estate transactions in the areas of commercial developments, commercial and industrial leasing, acquisitions, project finance and syndicated financings. Read more about the firm’s Real Estate practice here.
