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R. Marshall Grodner

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Baton Rouge
mgrodner@mcglinchey.com
(225) 382-3651 (p)
(225) 343-3076 (f)

R. Marshall Grodner is a member in the firm's Baton Rouge office. His practice focuses primarily in commercial transactions, secured transactions, commercial finance, opinion letters, commercial real estate and gaming law. Marshall serves as chair of the firm's legal opinion committee.

Marshall has served as an adjunct professor at the Louisiana State University Law Center. He has authored or co-authored several articles in law reviews and other publications dealing with secured transactions, commercial real estate and other business law issues. Marshall has also delivered lectures and papers throughout the country dealing with loan documentation, secured transactions, ethics and professionalism in the transactional context and real estate law.

Commercial Finance

Known for his experience in secured lending, Marshall has an extensive practice representing both Louisiana and out-of-state lenders in numerous large commercial transactions, locally, regionally and nationally. He is the co-chair of the Joint Task Force for Deposit Account Control Agreements, of the Business Law Section of the ABA. Marshall also is past chairman of the Loan Documentation Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee of the Business Law Section of the ABA. As recognition of his expertise in commercial finance, he also is a Fellow and Regent in the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers.

Real Estate

In addition to his experience in secured lending, Marshall has also been in the forefront of intercity redevelopment, having done pioneering work with both non-profit and for-profit developers in putting properties adjudicated to municipalities or sold at tax sale back into commerce.

Marshall also served as the Reporter for the Adjudicated Property Committee of the Louisiana State Law Institute. His work resulted in Act 819 of 2008 which completely revised the laws of Louisiana governing tax sales and adjudicated property.

As an acknowledgement of his expertise in real estate law, Marshall is a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

As part of his real estate practice, Marshall is a licensed Louisiana title insurance agent for most of the major title insurance companies, including First American Title Insurance Company, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Commonwealth Title Insurance Company and Lawyers Title Insurance Company, and regularly issues title insurance policies to lenders, purchasers and lessees of property in Louisiana.

Admitted to Practice

  • Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Education

  • Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1990 (Order of the Coif, Phi Kappa Phi, Law Review)
  • Louisiana State University, B.A., 1983

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Co-Chair, Joint Task Force on Deposit Account Control Agreements, Vice Chair, Publications and Communications Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee; Chair, Website Management Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee; Past Chair, Load Documentation Subcommittee of the Commercial Finance Committee
  • American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, Inc., Fellow (2005-present); Regent (2006-present)
  • Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Inc., Education Chair (2006); Member, Board of Directors (2006-present)
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Fellow (2007-present)
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association
  • Equipment Leasing Association
  • The International Association of Gaming Attorneys
  • Louisiana Bankers Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Law Institute, Reporter, Adjudicated Property Committee
  • American Bar Association, Real Property and Probate Section

Presentations

  • "Ethics in a World of Change: Consolidating Clients, Disappearing Firms and Other Ethical Issues in the Transactional Context," American Bar Association, Annual Meeting, August 2009
  • "Ruminations on Ethics and Professionalism," Louisiana Land Title Association, Spring Meeting, 2009
  • "Tax Sales and Adjudicated Property: Act 819 of 2008," Louisiana City Attorneys Association, Spring Meeting, April 2009
  • "Tax Sales and Adjudicated Property: Act 819 of 2008," Louisiana Land Title Association Annual Meeting, December 2008
  • "Tax Sales and Adjudicated Property: Act 819 of 2008," Louisiana Bankers Association, Bank Counsel Conference, November 2008
  • "Tax Sales and Adjudicated Property: Act 819 of 2008," Louisiana City Attorneys Association, Fall Meeting, November 2008
  • "Topsy Turvy Markets: When Lenders and Credit Providers are in Financial Trouble," ABA Annual Meeting, Sponsors: Commercial Finance Committee, Committee on Securitization and Structured Finance and UCC Committee of the Business Law Section, ABA, Real Property and Probate Section, ABA and American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, August 2008
  • "It’s a Wrap!: The Model Deposit Account Control Agreement Final Report," ABA Annual Meeting, Sponsors: Commercial Finance Committee, Committee on Securitization and Structured Finance and UCC Committee of the Business Law Section, ABA, Real Property and Probate Section, ABA and American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, August 2008
  • "Adjudicated Property and Tax Sales: The Proposed Revision," Louisiana Land Title Association Annual Meeting, December 5, 2007
  • "Security Interest in Deposit Accounts and Investment Property," Louisiana Banker’s Association, Louisiana Bank Counsel Conference, November 15, 2007
  • "The American Bar Association Task Force And Model Deposit Account Control Agreement: A Model For Acceptance And A Touchstone For Negotiation By Borrowers, Secured Creditors And Depository Financial Institutions," Joint Meeting Commercial Finance Committee Commercial Law And Bankruptcy Section Financial Institutions Section, Connecticut Bar Association, October 18, 2007
  • "Using the New Inserts to the Model Deposit Account Control Agreement, Task Force on Deposit Account Control Agreements," Business Law Section, ABA, August 10, 2007
  • "Adjudicated Property and Tax Sales," Louisiana Land Title Association Spring Meeting, April 2007
  • "Deposit Account Control Agreements," American Banker's Association, Webinar, January 2007
  • "Save Your Deal: Using the Model Deposit Account Control Agreement," New York State Bar Association, Annual Meeting, January 2006
  • "Deposit Account Control Agreements," American Bar Association Webinar, November 2006
  • "Report of the Joint Task Force on Deposit Account Control Agreements," Commercial Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section, ABA, October 2006
  • "Save Your Deal: Using the Model Deposit Account Control Agreement," Commercial Finance Association, Annual Meeting 2006, October 2006
  • "Commercial Finance Legal Opinions: What You Want and What Should You Get," Joint Presentation of the Commercial Financial Services and Legal Opinion Committees, ABA Annual Meeting, August 2004
  • "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: How to Draft Loan Documents under Revised Article 9 to Survive Challenges in Bankruptcy," Joint Presentation of UCC Committee and the Task Force on Forms under Revised Article 9, ABA Business Section Spring Meeting and Satellite Presentation, April and May 2004
  • "Revised Article 9: Questions for the Perplexed - Common Drafting Issues," Joint Presentation of the UCC Committee, Commercial Financial Services Committee and the Task Force on Forums under Revised Article 9, of the American Bar Association, Business Law Section, April 2003

Publications

  • "Additional Report," 64 The Business Lawyer, 801 , May 2009
  • "Louisiana Chapter in Commercial Lending Law: A State By State Guide," ABA, 2009
  • "Initial Report of the Joint Task Force on Deposit Account Control Agreements," The Business Lawyer, February, 2006
  • "Form Borrower’s Counsel Perfection Opinion Letter chapter in Forms Under Revised Article 9, Business Law Section," Forms Under Revised Article 9, Business Law Section, 2005
  • "Recent Developments in the Law: Security Devices," LSU Law Review, 53 La. Law Rev. 969, 1993
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Professional Recognition

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated Lawyer
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers Business/Corporate
  • The Best Lawyers in America ® (Equipment Finance Law)

Awards & Honors

Languages

  • French

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