The staff of the New Orleans office of Murphy Appraisal Services, LLC.
Murphy Appraisal Services, LLC Murphy Appraisal Services, LLC, is a comprehensive and full-service real estate appraisal and consulting firm with extensive experience throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. While based and focused in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area, we historically have covered the length of the Interstate 10 and Interstate 12 corridors from Lake Charles and Lafayette to Baton Rouge through New Orleans and the Florida Parishes and into the Mississippi Gulf Coast from Waveland to Pascagoula and onto Mobile. Since 1990, we have provided high-quality commercial and residential real estate appraisal services for a wide-ranging client base that includes both national and locally based institutional lenders, private individuals, estate planning professionals, attorneys, and real estate development companies. We perform literally thousands of appraisals annually. In fact, we are the largest appraisal firm in Louisiana. Founder Rick Murphy, who has over 30 years of experience in real estate appraisal, brokerage and development, leads a staff of 30 individuals, including seven state-certified general appraisers, six state-certified residential appraisers and other professionals in real estate sales and brokerage. Two of Murphy’s partners in Murphy Appraisal, Neal Meyer and William Summerour, manage the New Orleans office located in the Warehouse District, which consists of eight full-time appraisers. Outside of appraisal work, the New Orleans office remains committed to giving back to the community by involvement in a variety of organizations, both professionally and socially. Summerour is on the board of directors of the Regional Loan Corporation, a private non-profit organization that manages several government-sponsored financing programs focused on small business growth. Meyer recently participated in a St. Bernard Project house build, and sits on the board as treasurer of the Louisiana Chapter of the International Right of Way Association. Tom Hancock is involved in several organizations, including New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, New Orleans Young Leadership Council, American Cancer Society Belles and Beaus Committee, National World War II Young Benefactors Committee and Audubon Nature Institute’s Sales and 6 Inside New Orleans
Ales Committee. Jeremy Loescher is treasurer of the Clemson University New Orleans Alumni Club and a member of the board of Swine Krewe Too, LLC. Katherine Harang Bourgeois, who splits her time between New Orleans and her native Thibodaux, is an ambassador for the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce. Murphy recently participated in the Men in Kilts event to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities. He has previously served as head of the New Orleans Sub Chapter of the Appraisal Institute as well as a member of the Regional Ethics and Counseling Panel and the board of directors of the Louisiana Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. At Murphy Appraisal, we take pride in giving back to the community wherever possible. In addition to individual community involvement, the company often contributes to local charity-based organizations such as Julia Jump, Hogs for the Cause, WRBH Golf Tournament and the Bobby Hebert Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Murphy Appraisal Services, LLC Main Office: 757 St. Charles Ave, Suite 202, New Orleans; 504-274-2682. Operations Center: 19411 Helenberg Rd., Suite 204, Covington; 985-626-4115. Other locations in Metairie, Hammond, Thibodaux, Baton Rouge and Monroe.