Linda Perez Clark is partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2000 and practices in the business, corporate and real estate group. She represents clients in corporate formation, asset, stock and real estate acquisitions and sales and commercial lending transactions. Her practice includes general business advice to large and small businesses and the preparation and review of business acquisition and commercial loan documents (asset based and real estate loans), commercial leases and closing opinions.

Prior to joining in the business and corporate area at Kean Miller, Linda handled several large class action litigation cases in state and federal court. She also serves as an Assistant Examiner for the Committee on Bar Admissions for the State of Louisiana.

Ms. Clark was recognized by the Baton Rouge Business Report in June 2008 as one of nine Influential Women in Business in the Capitol Region. 

Representative Experience

• Acquisition of HUD insured multi-family complex for $25 million.
• Sale of chemical manufacturing company for $33 million.
• Acquisition of chemical manufacturing company for $10 million.
• Sale of majority ownership interest in automobile dealership for $750,000.
• Sale of pharmacy and retail department store assets for $335,000.
• Sale of health care clinic's assets for $800,000.
• Representation of cable network in lease negotiations.
• Acquisition of produce market assets for $1,100,000.
• Sale of consulting business for $450,000.
• Preparation of sales agent agreements for several entities.
• Representation of bank in connection with lease disputes and negotiations.

Education

Linda earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Louisiana Tech University in 1988. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University in 1991 where she was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Law II, Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana.

Memberships

• Louisiana State and American (Litigation Section, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee Business Section) Bar Associations.

Community Service

• Baton Rouge Business Report's "40 Under 40" (1995).
• Past President, Forum 35.
• Past President, Board of Directors, Serve! Baton Rouge (1999-2004).
• Member, Baton Rouge Town Meeting Committee (1999-2001).
• Member, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Plan Baton Rouge Oversight Committee (1999-2003).
• Advisory Board, Catholic Community Services (2000-2006).
• Board of Directors, Charles W. Lamar branch, YMCA (2000-2004).
• Advisory Board, CAN DO! (1999-2003)
• Board Chairman, Catholic Community Services Advisory Board (2007)

Articles, Publications and Presentations

Business Notes, July 2008
Business Notes, March 2005
Business Notes, July 2004
Business Notes, September 2004

Lecturer

• Single Business Enterprise Theory, Louisiana State Bar Association, Transactional Law Seminar, March 4, 2005.
• Evictions and Landlord/Tenant Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, August 28th & 29th, 2001.
• Louisiana Landlord and Tenant Law, Lorman Educational Services, January 30, 2002.
• The Art of the Deal: Common Contract Terms and What They Mean, Louisiana Institute for Entrepreneurial Education and Family Business Studies, LSU, Women Mean Business Lecture Series, June 24, 2004.

Authorships

• "In the Courts–Fifth Circuit," ABA, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Newsletter, published quarterly. Assistant Examiner, Committee on Bar Admissions, State of Louisiana.