Biography
Travis Beaton is a Member of the Firm’s Business Section. Mr. Beaton’s principal areas of practice include all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, leasing, land use, finance, and general corporate matters. His experience includes representation of clients in connection with purchase and sale agreements, acquisitions and dispositions of real property, negotiated asset purchases, financing transactions, title and survey matters, commercial and retail leases, real estate development, and general commercial contracts. Mr. Beaton is also a licensed title insurance producer in the State of Louisiana, and an authorized agent for several title insurers. As a member of the Firm’s title agency, Capdevielle Title Corporation, Mr. Beaton’s extensive familiarity with title matters is a key component of his routine handling of estate transactions involving all types of properties, including multi-family residential, industrial, hospitality-based, mixed-use, apartment complexes, office buildings, luxury retail, shopping centers, and convenience centers. Mr. Beaton also has substantial experience with specialized telecommunication facilities leases, easements and related agreements, and frequently assists clients with federal trademark applications and registrations.
Mr. Beaton earned his undergraduate degree from Emory University, majoring in International Studies and minoring in Japanese. He earned his law degree from Tulane University Law School, graduating magna cum laude. While at Tulane, Mr. Beaton served as a Notes & Comments Editor for the Tulane Law Review, and as a Senior Fellow for the Legal Research & Writing Department. During law school, Mr. Beaton also served as an extern for Judge Susie Morgan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was awarded an academic scholarship, as well as the CALI Award for Excellence in Louisiana Successions, Donations & Trusts.Mr. Beaton is a member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s Development Committee, and has been a member of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trusts & Estates Section since 2015, currently serving as a co-editor of the Section’s Probate & Property Magazine; Chair of the Leasing Group’s Retail Leasing Committee; and Co-Chair of the Section’s Joint Law Practice Management Group; and was a past vice-chair of the Commercial Real Estate Transactions’ Group’s committee on Easements, Conditions, and Restrictions. Mr. Beaton is an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University Law School, teaching a course in Real Estate Transactions, and frequently authors articles and prepares presentations relating to real property issues for various organizations and publications. He has been annually recognized by Best Lawyers for his work with Business Organizations, Corporate Law, and Real Estate law since 2021, and recognized by Louisiana Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Real Estate since 2020.
Honors
- Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch" 2023, 2024
- Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2020-2023
- CALI Award for Excellence: Louisiana Successions, Donations, and Trusts
- Academic Scholarship
Classes & Seminars
- “The Ins and Outs of Reviewing Title and Land Surveys for Real Estate Transactions” (American Bar Association, Association, Real Property, Trusts & Estates Section, eCLE Program, June 6, 2024 (co-presenter)
- Real Estate Transactions, Tulane University Law School, Spring 2024
- “Lease or Cell: 21st Century Legal Issues in Leases and Easements for Cell Tower Facilities” (American Bar Association, Real Property, Trusts & Estates Section’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” (American Bar Association, Real Property Trusts & Estates Section 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 Presentation, December 2016) (prepared and moderated presentation)
- “Historical Titles – Part II: Railroad History & Title Issues” (Louisiana Land Title Association Presentation, December 2016) (prepared and moderated presentation)
- “Toiling in the Vineyards of Real Estate and Finance: A Vintage Blend of Recent Legal Updates” (Louisiana State Bar Association CLE Presentation, March 2016) (prepared presentation)
- “Title Insurance and the Commercial Real Estate Transaction: What You Need to Know” (Louisiana Land Title Association Presentation, December 2015) (prepared and assisted in presentation)
- “Sovereigns, Surveys, and State Land Office: Supplemental Sources of Private Land Titles in Louisiana” (Louisiana Land Title Association Presentation, December 2015) (prepared and assisted in presentation)
- “Keeping the ‘Pro’ in Professionalism” (New Orleans Bar Association CLE Presentation, December 2015) (prepared presentation)
- “The TRIA’s Reauthorization and What it Means for the Real Estate Industry” (American Bar Association, Business Law Today, Volume 24, Issue 7, March 2015) (co-author)
- “More Than the Minimum: Aspiring to Standards of Professionalism” (New Orleans Bar Association CLE Presentation, December 2014) (co-author)
Professional Associations
- 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 Committee: Easements, Covenants & Restrictions Subcommittee, Vice Chair
- Probate & Property Magazine, Associate Editor
Published Works
- 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 Post-Disaster 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
Practice Areas
- Business & Commercial Law
- Real Estate Transactions
- Commercial Transactions
- Real Property & Leasing
Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
- J.D. - 2014
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
- B.A. - 2011
- Major: International Studies
- Minor: Japanese
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 2014