Tracy Averett Morganti is a Partner in the Baton Rouge office, concentrating on the areas of tax-exempt financing (state and local government, higher education, health care and industrial development/exempt facilities), public–private partnerships, economic incentives, commercial lending and business entities.
Tracy serves as bond counsel and special counsel to governmental entities, higher education institutions, nonprofit hospitals and public trusts, as underwriter's counsel for investment banking firms, as purchaser's counsel for various commercial banks and as borrower's and trustee's counsel in connection with tax-exempt and taxable bond and conventional financings. She also represents government entities and private companies with respect to economic development incentives and cooperative endeavors.
Her significant contributions include:
Tracy earned her J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University in 1992. In 1988, she graduated from Louisiana State University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She also completed undergraduate studies at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia.
Tracy is an avid supporter of local farmers and food artisans and access to fresh, locally grown, healthy foods for all Baton Rouge citizens. She volunteers regularly with Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance and its farmers markets and serves on its board of directors.