Since beginning her legal career at Bradley nearly two decades ago, Avery Simmons has developed a diverse practice across the Southeast. Her work in both construction and financial services matters encompasses advising clients on contract negotiation, pre-litigation strategy, litigation, regulatory compliance, and licensing. This varied experience grants Avery a unique understanding of her clients, on both the legal and operational sides.
Avery is a member of the firm’s Construction Practice Group, and has extensive experience representing owners, developers, engineers, and general contractors in various matters affecting their businesses. Avery advises on all matters of project management and operations. She regularly advises on pre-litigation matters and has litigated or arbitrated cases involving non-payment, delay and acceleration claims, differing site conditions, defective design, insurance claims, changes, extra work, defective work, and consequential damages.
In addition to her construction work, Avery regularly represents financial services and mortgage company clients with compliance matters, including risk management and remediation, state investigations, regulatory compliance, and operational implementation of legal guidelines. She provides daily risk assessment guidance to financial institutions, including banks, mortgage companies and debt collectors, on litigation matters and regulatory-related issues in both mortgage origination and servicing. As part of her regulatory practice, Avery has worked with and responded to state attorneys general, the CFPB, and various state banking agencies.
Because of her bar license and extensive connection with the state of Louisiana, Avery regularly represents companies in litigation and compliance matters across the state. She also has served as an associate member on the board of directors of her family company, and has an insider’s perspective and understanding of the challenges facing management in privately held companies from both the legal and business sides.