Areas of Practice
Education
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 2004
- Wake Forest University, B.A. in English, 2000
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2004
- Florida, 2005
- Louisiana, 2006
- Mississippi, 2006
Amanda Wells is an associate in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group, focusing her practice primarily on real estate financing. Following the destruction of much of South Louisiana from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, she worked closely with a diverse group of clients developing multi-family housing projects. Ms. Wells successfully closed more than a half billion dollars in loans for more than 36 projects in devastated areas of the state. Ms. Wells is also engaged in drafting land use restrictions and creating blueprints for new developments throughout the state. As part of her practice she focuses on negotiating loan documents, bank financing, and refinancing transactions.
Prior to joining Jones Walker, Ms. Wells practiced commercial defense litigation in Mobile, Alabama. After graduating from Wake Forest University in 2000, she spent a year in New York working for a nationally recognized technology company developing web based software solutions for Fortune 500® companies. Ms. Wells received her juris doctor degree from Tulane Law School in 2004.
She is licensed to practice in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
Noteworthy
- Selected to Baton Rouge Area Leadership (2009)
News
- Baton Rouge Business Report's "Fast Quote" Features Amanda Wells
- Vasquez and Wells Selected for 2009 Class of Baton Rouge Area Leadership
- Wells Elected to Board of Louisiana Association of Affordable Housing Providers
- Wells Joins Jones Walker’s Baton Rouge Office
Memberships
- Alabama State Bar
- American Bar Association
- The Chamber of Greater Baton Rouge
- The Florida Bar
- Forum 35
- Louisiana Association of Affordable Housing Providers (Member, Board of Directors)
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- The Mississippi Bar
