Patrick J. Browne, Esq.

A partner of Montgomery Barnett, Patrick Browne concentrates on business transactions; planning, financing and operating business organizations; real estate, leasing and secured transactions; acquisitions and mergers; public offerings and private securities placements; wills, trusts, estates and successions; municipal bond securitization and mortgage banking transactions. He has represented national, regional and local lenders along with institutional and individual developers and investors in a full range of commercial and secured transactions.

Mr. Browne has published articles, lectured extensively, including at Loyola University where he was an Adjunct Professor, and conducted seminars on numerous areas of law. He is a member of the New Orleans Estate Planning Council; Louisiana State Bar Association (House of Delegates, Board of Governors, Committee on Bar Admissions, Corporation and Business Law Section; Trusts, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law Section; Consumer Protection and Bankruptcy Law Section; Civil Law and Litigation Section); American Bar Association (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section; Business Law Section; Lender Liability and Bankruptcy Law Section; State and Local Government Law Section); New Orleans Bar Association (Probate, Trust and Estate Planning Committee and Real Property Law Committee); Loyola University Law School Visiting Committee; National Association of Mortgage Brokers; Louisiana Mortgage Lenders Association; Louisiana Land Title Association; New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, Inc.; National Association of Realtors; Vice-President of Equitable Title Agency, Inc., agent for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company.

Mr. Browne serves on the Loyola University Law School Visiting Committee and was an adjunct professor of Philosophy and Criminology at Loyola University. He has published articles, lectured extensively and conducted seminars on numerous areas of law.

A graduate of Loyola University and Loyola University School of Law, where he participated in Moot Court and Blue Key, Mr. Browne joined Montgomery Barnett following military service as a captain in the Military Police Corps, U.S. Army, and prior private practice.

Year Joined Organization:

1972

Areas of Practice:

Business & Commercial Law

Estate Planning

Probate & Estate Administration

Real Estate Law

Securities Law

Transactions

Bar Admissions:

Louisiana

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

Education:

Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana - Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Member, Moot Court

Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana - Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Blue Key

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Adjunct Professor, Philosophy and Criminology, Loyola University

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, Section of Business Law - Member

American Bar Association, Sections on State and Local Government Law - Member

American Bar Association, Sections on Real Estate, Probate, and Trust - Member

American Bar Association, Sections on Lender Liability and Bankruptcy Law - Member

American Bar Association, Sections on Civil Law and Litigation - Member

Louisiana State Bar Association - Former Member, Committee on Bar Admissions

Louisiana Mortgage Lenders Association - Member

Louisiana Land Title Association - Member

Louisiana State Bar Association - Former Member, Board of Governors

Louisiana State Bar Association - Former Member, House of Delegates

Louisiana State Bar Association, Section of Civil Law and Litigation - Member

Louisiana State Bar Association, Sections on Corporation and Business Law - Member

Louisiana State Bar Association, Sections on Trust, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property - Member

National Association of Realtors - Member

National Association of Mortgage Brokers - Member

New Orleans Bar Association - Member, Probate, Trust and Estate Planning Committee

New Orleans Bar Association - Member, Real Property Law Committee

New Orleans Estate Planning Council - Member

New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, Inc. - Member

Past Employment Positions:

Military Police Corps, U. S. Army, Captain

Practicing: Business Transactions, Estates and Trusts