Vincent “Trey” Tumminello, III

Vincent “Trey” Tumminello, III is a Partner with Taylor Porter, where he practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, sports law, and real estate. His work has included representing buyers and sellers in sales of company assets, membership interests, stock, and real estate. He also has experience in commercial litigation, general litigation, and foreclosures. His work has spanned the stages of electronic discovery, dispositive motions, pre-trial motions, writ applications, appeals, and settlements. Trey has been ranked by his peers as a “Rising Star” by Louisiana Super Lawyers in Business & Corporate law, and he was elected as one of LSBA’s inaugural Top 40 Young Lawyers in Louisiana. Trey is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts.

Trey received his J.D. in 2013 from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he participated in the Moot Court Board and served as secretary of the Vanderbilt Alternative Dispute Resolution Organization from 2011-2012. He earned his B.A. in 2010 from the University of Notre Dame, and he currently serves as the president of the Notre Dame Club of South Louisiana.

In the community, Trey serves on the Board of Directors of the Baton Rouge Bar Association. Within the BRBA, Trey served as chairman of the 2018 Baton Rouge Bar Association Belly Up to the Bar Committee, and in recognition of his service, received a BRBA President’s Award. The annual BRBA fundraiser cook-off competition among law firms raises money for Youth Education programs, including Teen Court, the High School Mock Trial Competition, Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom, and the Junior Partners Academy. Trey is also a member of the Board of Governors for Theatre Baton Rouge.

• Representing a healthcare provider in a $25 million asset sale and ongoing management agreement.
• Representing a selling manufacturer in a $40 million equity sale.
• Representing buying and selling fuel and lubricants distributors in numerous asset sales.
• Representing the buyers in the asset sale of a veterinary business.
• Representing several companies in negotiating and drafting Name, Image, and Likeness agreements with student-athletes.
• Organizing business entities in a variety of industries.
• Conducting title examinations and negotiating and drafting asset purchase agreements, stock sale agreements, loan and security documents and master agreements.
• Representing clients in negotiating commercial leases.
• Drafting promissory notes, security agreements, and mortgages for banking clients.
• Assisting in loan workouts, including foreclosure and bankruptcy.
• Drafting contracts for coaches and athletics administrators.
• Representing clients in sales and purchases of commercial real estate.
• Representing an oil and gas distributor in acquisition of assets, including real estate and bulk plants, and in collections in their contractual disputes.
• Representing sellers and buyers in the purchase and sale of stock and L.L.C. membership interests.
• Representing a state university in student discipline cases, including the analysis of constitutional due process issues.

• Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2013
• University of Notre Dame, B.A., Political Science, 2010

• Louisiana, 2013

• Baton Rouge Bar Association (Board of Directors; Former Chair, Belly Up with the Bar Committee)
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Notre Dame Club of South Louisiana (President)

• Louisiana Super Lawyers – “Rising Star” in Business & Corporate Law
• BRBA President’s Award
• LSBA Top 40 Young Lawyers in Louisiana

• “Let’s Make a Deal: How to Help Your Client in the Buying or Selling of Businesses,” CLE at Catholic High School, 2023
• “Name, Image and Likeness: College and High School,” CLE at Catholic High School, 2022
• “Recent Developments in Sports Law,” Baton Rouge Bar Association CLE By the Hour, 2016-2020

• “Status of Sports Gambling in Louisiana: One Year After Murphy v. NCAA,” The Baton Rouge Lawyer, July 2019
• “The Changing Face of College Athletics: O’Bannon and Cost of Attendance,” The Baton Rouge Lawyer, January 2018

• 2018 Baton Rouge Bar Association Belly Up to the Bar Committee (Chairman, BRBA President’s Award Recipient)
• Theatre Baton Rouge (Board of Governors)