Travis A. Beaton - New Orleans, LA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2014
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Law Review: Tulane Law Review, 2012 - 2014

• Non Legal Education

  • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
    B.A.
    Major: International Studies
    Minor: Japanese

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Classes and Seminars

• “Deals & Development – Tax Incentives in Real Estate Finance” – Louisiana State Bar Association (“LSBA”) Summer School Series, June 2, 2025
  
• “Lay of the Land Series: Allocating Expenses in Commercial Leases” – eCLE Webinar, American Bar Association (“ABA”), April 2, 2025 (co-presenter)
  
• “The Ins and Outs of Reviewing Title and Land Surveys for Real Estate Transactions” (ABA, Real Property, Trusts & Estates Section (“RPTE”), eCLE Program, June 6, 2024 (co-presenter)
  
• Real Estate Transactions, Tulane University Law School, Spring Semester 2024 –
  
• “All Suited-Up: Practical Approaches to Drafting and Negotiating Build-to-Suit Leases” – ABA’s 35th Annual RPTE National CLE Conference, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2023 (CLE presentation, chair)
  
• “Allocating Operating Expenses in Commercial Leases” – Webinar, RPTE’s 2022 “Leasing Bootcamp” Series, October 6, 2022 (co-presenter)
  
• “Lease or Cell: 21st Century Legal Issues in Leases and Easements for Cell Tower Facilities” (ABA RPTE’s 32nd Annual RPTE National CLE Conference, May 14, 2020) (prepared and co-presented CLE Seminar)
  
• “Railroad Rights of Way Issues in the Face of High Speed Rail” (ABA RPTE’s 31st Annual National CLE Conference, Boston, MA, May 10, 2019) (prepared and presented CLE seminar)
  
• 13th Annual Landlord-Tenant Law: Lease Agreements, Defaults, and Collections Seminar: “Lease Agreements, Tenant Issues, and Documentation” (SES Sterling Education Services, December 2016) (prepared and presented seminar)
  
• “Historical Titles – Part II: Batture History & Title Issues” (Louisiana Land Title Association (“LLTA”) Presentation, December 2016) (prepared and moderated presentation)
  
• “Historical Titles – Part II: Railroad History & Title Issues” (LLTA Presentation, December 2016) (prepared and moderated presentation)
  
• “Toiling in the Vineyards of Real Estate and Finance: A Vintage Blend of Recent Legal Updates” (LSBA CLE Presentation, March 2016) (prepared presentation)
  
• “Title Insurance and the Commercial Real Estate Transaction: What You Need to Know” (LLTA Presentation, December 2015) (prepared and assisted in presentation)
  
• “Sovereigns, Surveys, and State Land Office: Supplemental Sources of Private Land Titles in Louisiana” (LLTA Presentation, December 2015) (prepared and assisted in presentation)
  
• “Keeping the ‘Pro’ in Professionalism” (New Orleans Bar Association CLE Presentation, December 2015) (prepared presentation)
  
• “More Than the Minimum: Aspiring to Standards of Professionalism” (New Orleans Bar Association CLE Presentation, December 2014) (co-author)

Published Works

Articles

• An Introduction to Operating Expenses in Commercial Leases, PROBATE AND PROPERTY, VOLUME 38, NO. 1, Jan./Feb. 2024 (co-author)
  
• Staying on Track with Trains and Title Issues: Ownership and Use of American Railroad Rights-of-Way, PROBATE AND PROPERTY, VOLUME 33, NO. 6, Nov./Dec., 2019
  
• Practical Points From Practitioners: Federal Court Ruling Holds Pipeline Operators Liable for Damages to Wetlands, PROBATE & PROPERTY, VOLUME 32, NO.5, September/October 2018
  
• Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. and Travis A. Beaton have co-authored Sifting Through the Ruins, Advising Clients in A PostDisaster Settlement, GPSOLO, VOLUME 33, NUMBER 2, 2016
  
• Tacit v. Statutory Dedication and Preservation of the Entirety of a Servitude, LA. BAR J., VOL. 63, NO. 6, Mar./Apr., 2016
  
• Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. and Travis A. Beaton have co-authored The TRIA's Reauthorization and What It Means for the Real Estate Industry for the ABA’s “Business Law Today” Section, BUSINESS LAW TODAY, VOLUME 24, ISSUE 7, 2015

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 2014

Other Affiliations

• Louisiana Bar Association, Member
• Federal Bar Association, Member
• Louisiana Bar Foundation, Development Committee, Member
• American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trusts and Estates Law: Commercial Real Estate Transaction Group: Easements, Covenants & Restrictions Committee, Vice Chair (2017 – 2021)
• American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trusts and Estates Law: Leasing Group: Retail Leasing Committee: Vice-Chair: 2021 – 2023, Chair: 2023 – 2025
• American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trusts and Estates Law: Leasing Group: Ground Leasing Committee – Chair: 2025 -
• American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trusts and Estates Law: Joint Law Practice Management Group, Co-Chair: 2024 -
• American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trusts and Estates Law: Probate & Property Magazine, Associate Editor: 2018 -