Hotel Industry

The attorneys in our hotel practice area advise several of the major New Orleans hotels in a host of areas ranging from their day to day operations to hotel acquisitions and finance restructuring. By virtue of our broad experience, we specialize in creative problem-solving for our clients, in a cost effective, responsive and professional manner. Representative areas of experience include the following

  • Hotel acquisitions and refinancing
  • General leasing to various hotel tenants (restaurants, gift shop, parking garage)
  • Renovations of the hotel, including negotiating and drafting construction documents and construction financing documents
  • Dealings with Assessors on ad valorem tax issues, as well as advise on available tax incentive programs, such as the Restoration Tax Abatement Program and the Enterprise Zone Tax Incentive Program
  • Garnishments
  • Employment issues
  • Zoning and other regulatory matters
  • Liquor License and other license acquisitions and renewals, as well as permitting for special events such as Mardi Gras
  • Day to day issues with hotel guests and other collection issues

 

Contact:    

James R. Morton
Hotel Industry Practice Chair
(504) 599-8507
E-mail: jmorton@taggartmorton.com

 

 

What we do

  • Business

    The attorneys in our extensive, full-service business and finance practice represent and advise major or emerging businesses, lenders, developers and utilities, as well as individuals, in a variety of commercial and financial transactions. By virtue of our broad experience, we specialize in creative problem-solving for our clients, in a cost effective, responsive…

    Business

  • Commercial Litigation

    The Firm's commercial and business litigation practice encompasses business contract disputes of virtually every description, including construction, redhibition actions, sale and lease disputes, oil & gas, employment related contractual disputes especially in the area of exployee benefits and ERISA-based claims, technology and computer contract disputes and collection actions…

    Commercial Litigation

  • Employment Law

    Our workplace law practice offers employers legal advice on the employer-employee relationship, including employee benefits law, employment and labor law, and workers' compensation law. Attorneys represent employers before state and federal administrative bodies and in-state and federal courts in connection with wrongful discharge claims, claims of discrimination…

    Employment Law

  • Corporate & Tax

    The corporate and tax practice group has significant experience in merge and acquisition transactions involving both public and private companies, including banks and bank holding companies, electric utilities, health care providers and food product businesses. The firm has advised boards of directors of publicly held companies in hostile and negotiated transactions and tender offers…

    Corporate & Tax

  • Public Utilities

    The firm has over 50 years of experience in representing clients in the heavily regulated electric, gas, pipeline, asbestos, telecommunications and transportation industries. Recent projects handled by the public utilities practice group include the acquisition of municipal electric systems, consolidations of electric and gas utilities, negotiation of regulated fuel…

    Public Utilities

  • Real Estate

    Our real estate practice offers extensive, full service counsel on various real estate matters. We routinely represent large or emerging commercial and industrial developers and other property owners, commercial, retail and industrial lessors or tenants, and banks and investment banks, in a wide variety of real estate transactions. By virtue of our broad experience we focus…

    Real Estate

  • Oil and Gas

    Attorneys within this practice are counsel to a wide range of interests in the energy field, including those of oil and gas producers and operators, pipeline companies, landowners and royalty owners. In addition, we provide counsel in the areas of energy lending, regulatory oversight and proceedings (Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation, Louisiana Public Service Commission and Minerals)…

    Oil and Gas

  • Business

    The attorneys in our extensive,full-service business and finance practice represent and advise major or emerging businesses, lenders, developers and utilities, as well as individuals, in a variety of commercial and financial transactions. By virtue of our broad experience, we specialize in creative problem-solving for our clients, in a cost effective, responsive…

    Business

  • Hotel Industry

    The attorneys in our extensive,full-service business and finance practice represent and advise major or emerging businesses, lenders, developers and utilities, as well as individuals, in a variety of commercial and financial transactions. By virtue of our broad experience, we specialize in creative problem-solving for our clients, in a cost effective, responsive…

    Hotel Industry

  • Workers Comp

    The firm's Workers' Compensation practice handles a multitude of issues facing employers, insurers and other entities ranging from typical accident/injury claims for compensation to compliance and insurance issues. The firm's attorney's in the Workers' Compensation practice have extensive experience in all facets of workers' compensation litigation affecting the complex relationships between employers, insurance carriers, claims administrators and employees…

    Workers Comp

  • Asbestos Litigation

    The defense of litigation in the asbestos arena requires vast trial experience and thorough knowledge of the scientific and legal and aspects of each case. In today's arena, defendants in asbestos-related lawsuits will certainly be presented with protracted litigation involving a myriad of scientific/legal issues and…

    Asbestos Litigation

  • Managed Health Care

    Effective representation of today's managed health care industry requires an array of legal skills delivered in a cost-conscious fashion, coupled with a thorough knowledge of the industry and an excellent grasp of the ever-changing regulatory environment. Lawyers at Taggart Morton have represented participants in all facests of the health care industry…

    Managed Health Care

  • Insurance Regulatory Services

    Taggart Morton, L.L.C. has a wealth of experience in the representation of a wide variety of insurance industry stakeholders in regulatory matters at both the federal and state level. This includes the P&C, life, health and specialty lines. With respect to healthcare, this representation extends to traditional health insurers, as well as HMO’s, TPA’s, MNRO’s, IPA’s, PHO’s and a variety of other industry stakeholders…

    Insurance Regulatory Services


Taggart Morton, L.L.C.
1100 Poydras St., Suite 2100 | New Orleans, Louisiana 70163
Phone: (504) 599-8500 | Fax: (504) 599-8501

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