Overview
Practicing in the firm’s New Orleans office, Anne E. Raymond assists clients in acquiring, developing, leasing and financing commercial real estate, covering many facets of real estate law, title insurance, workouts, foreclosures and business law. Her practice also includes estate planning and the administration of successions for clients having estates varying in size and complexity. Anne earned an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards.
With more than 25 years as a licensed title insurance producer, Anne is an authorized agent for both First American Title Insurance Company and Fidelity National Title Insurance Company. In addition to examining thousands of residential and commercial titles in connection with her title insurance and foreclosure practices, she is well experienced in title insurance claims and resolutions, other curative matters and the defense of real estate titles. Through LAWLA Title LLC, the firm’s wholly owned title insurance company, she provides title services, insurance, and related matters for all types of real estate transactions.
To better serve her clients, Anne has remained continuously involved in a variety of professional and community organizations. For example, in 2014 she served as president of the Louisiana Land Title Association, of which she has been a member for many years. She was elected to the Board in 2010 and has served continuously since 2009 on its Legislative Committee and is currently its Chair. Anne is a founding member of New Orleans CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), member of the Louisiana Bankers Association, and serves on the Louisiana State Law Institute Notaries Committee.
Outside the Office
When Anne is not in the office, she enjoys traveling to new places and spending time with her two daughters.
- Represented St. Augustine High School in its planning and financing of improvements to its main campus facilities, including requests for proposals, construction contracts, negotiations with the U.S. Small Business Administration, and utilizing bank loans and New Markets Tax Credit financing.
- Represented the owner/developer of 935 Gravier Street, New Orleans (former Chevron Building) in its acquisition, conversion, financing, and leasing of its 412,205 SF building.
- Represented the owner of 2400 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, in its acquisition, financing, and leasing of its 133,312 SF building.
Professional
- Louisiana Land Title Association, Board of Directors, Legislative Committee Chair, Past President
- Louisiana State Law Institute Notaries Committee
- New Orleans CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), Founding Member
- Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority (LCRAA), Commissioner
- New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Title Attorneys, President-Elect
- American Land Title Association
- Louisiana Bankers Association, Member
- Louisiana State, American and Federal Bar Associations
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Texas State Bar Association
Community
- Bridge House Grace House, Board of Directors
- Agenda for Children, Board of Directors
- The NOCCA Institute, Board of Directors, Secretary (formerly)
- James P. Raymond Jr. Foundation, Director
- The Historic New Orleans Collection, Laussat Society
- St. Mary’s Dominican Property Holding Corporation, Board of Directors
- Best Lawyers in America®, in Real Estate Law (2010-2025)
- Louisiana Super Lawyers: in Real Estate Law (2023-2024)
- Inside New Orleans, “Elite Lawyers” in Real Estate Law (2022-2024)
- New Orleans Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” in Real Estate Law (2020-2024)
- Martindale Hubbell: AV Preeminent Rating
- Louisiana Land Title Association: “Title Person of the Year” (2021)
- “E-notarization: It’s Coming, Whether You Want It or Not!,” New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Title Attorneys (April 2018)
- “Title Insurance Endorsements and Exceptions,” National Business Institute’s program “Title Workshop: From Examination to Commitment,” New Orleans, Louisiana (November 2016)
- “Consumer-Mortgage Law: The Players, Procedures, Practices and Pitfalls,” LSBA Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (November 2013)
