Vincent “Trey” Tumminello is a Partner with Taylor Porter, where he practices primarily in the areas of commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, 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 among the Rising Stars in Louisiana Super Lawyers in Business & Corporate Law. Trey is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, in federal court in Louisiana. 

Trey's representative matters in his practice areas include:

• Represented several companies in negotiating and drafting Name, Image, and Likeness agreements with student-athletes
• Organizing business entities in a variety of industries
• Negotiating and drafting asset purchase agreements, stock sale agreements, loan and security documents, master service agreements, and conducting title examinations
• Representing clients in negotiating commercial leases, including in representation of banking clients – drafting promissory notes, security agreements, mortgage
• Assisting in loan workouts, including through foreclosure and bankruptcy
• Drafting contracts for coaches and athletics administrators
• Representing clients in sales and purchase of commercial real estate
• Representing an oil and gas distributor in acquisition of assets, including real estate and bulk plants, and collections in their contractual disputes
• Representing sellers and buyers in the purchase and sale of stock and LLC membership interests
• Representing a state university in student discipline cases, including the analysis of constitutional due process issues.

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 political science 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 was presented the Top 40 Award by the LSBA Young Lawyers Division. This award is presented too the state's top young lawyers who have made exceptional contributions to the legal profession and their community. He is also a member of the Board of Governors for Theatre Baton Rouge.

Articles and Publications

• "Status of Sports Gambling in Louisiana: One Year After Murphy v. NCAA," The Baton Rouge Lawyer (Baton Rouge Bar Association Magazine), July 2019
• "The Changing Face of College Athletics: O'Bannon and Cost of Attendance," The Baton Rouge Lawyer (Baton Rouge Bar Association Magazine), January 2018

Seminars and Presentations

• "Recent Developments in Sports Law," Baton Rouge Bar Association "CLE By The Hour," 2016-2020