Representative Projects

  • Various mid-size commercial and real estate loans local and national banks 1980-1999

  • Private purpose tax exempt bond transactions for local and national banks 1980-1986

  • Reorganization of a major offshore oilfield contractor 1985-1987

  • Formation and start-up of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation 1988-1990

  • Acquisition of Research Park by the University of New Orleans 1989-1992

  • $300 million claim by bondholders in the conservatorship of Executive Life Insurance Company 1990-2000

  • $315 million secured note offering by Casino America, Inc. 1995-1999

  • $50 million financing of American MetroComm Corporation by Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, L.P. 1998-2000

  • Acquisition of 1615 Poydras Street 2000

  • Acquisition of and title review of the Alliance Refinery in Plaquemines Parish 2000

  • Refinancing and general transactions respecting the Pere Marquette Hotel 2003-2013

  • Acquisition, financing, development and reorganization of New Orleans commercial real estate properties from the bankruptcy estate of a local grocery chain 2004-present

  • Acquisition and development of 500-acre “Nelson Tract,” Baton Rouge 2004-2000

  • Sale of expropriated properties by New Orleans Redevelopment Authority 2010-2012

  • Acquisition of 430-acre Mt. Airy, Louisiana industrial site 2012

  • Acquisition of Citrus Lands sites in Plaquemines Parish 2013

  • Acquisition and development of The Pythian, New Orleans 2013-2022

  • Expert testimony in Latter & Blum, Inc. v. Teresa Ditta, M.D. and Frank M. Scurlock 2015-2018

  • Acquisition and development of 4528 Freret Street, a historic mixed office-retail development 2018-2022

  • Acquisitions of multiple Jefferson Parish subdivision parcels for hospital expansion 2014-2023

  • Development of several condominium projects 2017-present

  • Multi-phase resubdivision of large waterfront tracts in New Orleans East 2020-2023

Positions

  • Shaun B. Rafferty Law Office LLC, solo practice since 2001

  • Smith Martin, Commercial Real Estate Department manager, 1999-2001

  • Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Associate, then partner, 1980-1999

  • Louisiana State Bar Association, admitted 1980

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Juris Doctor 1980. Member and Associate Editor of the Louisiana Law Review

  • Vassar College, B.A. in History 1976

Community Service

  • New Orleans Bar Association Real Property Committee, member and Chairman

  • New Orleans College Preparatory Academies (a charter school network), board member and Secretary

  • Crocker Arts and Technology School (a charter school), board member and Secretary

  • St. George’s Episcopal School, board member, Secretary, Vice President and Chairman of the Board

  • Longue Vue House and Gardens, board member and President

  • New Orleans Museum of Art, board member and Secretary

  • Garden District Association, board member, Vice President and President

  • New Orleans Epilepsy Council, board member