Chelsea P. Fitzgerald

Member

New Orleans

Chelsea Fitzgerald is an attorney in the Affordable Housing and Community  Development practice areas of Longwell Riess.

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Chelsea represents developers, lenders, and nonprofit organizations in a wide range  of corporate and commercial real estate transactions, including tax credit  financings for the development of affordable housing, restoration of historic  buildings, and business development in low-income communities.  


Chelsea previously served as a public service fellow at Southeast Louisiana Legal  Services in New Orleans representing low-income clients with housing legal  issues, including defending clients in eviction proceedings, preserving clients’  subsidized housing, advocating for clients’ rights, and mediating landlord tenant conflicts.  

    • Vanderbilt University School of Law, 2016

    • Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Managing Editor

    • Moot Court Board, Associate Justice

    • Vanderbilt Bar Association, Class Representative

    • University of Florida, B. A. in Political Science and Spanish, magna cum laude, 2012

    Languages

    • Spanish

    • Tennessee, 2018

    • Louisiana, 2016

  • Affiliations

    • American Bar Association, Real Property Trusts & Estates

      — Fellow in Affordable Housing, 2021-2023

      • Vice Chair of Multifamily Housing Committee, 2024

      • Chair of Multifamily Housing Committee, 2025

    • Louisiana State Bar Association

    • Rebuilding Together New Orleans, Board of Directors, Chair

    • New Orleans Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Board of Directors,

      • Philanthropy Committee Chair (2023 - 2025),

      • Treasurer, 2026

    • Tulane Law School, Real Estate Contracts, Guest Lecturer

    • Forbes Under 30 Global Women’s Summit, Tel Aviv, Israel

    • Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, Fundraising Advisory Board Member

    • Vanderbilt University, Oak Leaf Society, Member

    • Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans, Friend

    • Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law and Banking and Finance Law (2025 - 2026)

    • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Government Relations Practice (2024 - 2025)

    • Louisiana Super Lawyers, Rising Stars list (2022-2025)

    • Scholastic Excellence Award- Intellectual Property Survey, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2014

    • First Place at the Phi Delta Phi Annual Chili Cook-Off, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2015

  • Presentations

    • ABA RPTE eCLE, “Updated ALTA Forms: What’s New,” June 30, 2021

    • 33rd Annual RPTE Virtual National Conference, “Updated ALTA Forms: What’s New,” April 21, 2021

    Publications

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