Rick Murphy has worked in real estate in the greater New Orleans area for twenty-four years. In 1991, he founded Murphy Appraisal Services, LLC, a full-service appraisal firm with offices in New Orleans, Metairie, Covington and Hammond. A state-certified general real estate appraiser in Louisiana and Mississippi, Mr. Murphy also has a real estate brokerage …
Neal Meyer joined the company in 2003. His areas of interest are general valuation services for clients throughout the GulfCoast region and condemnation-related appraisal work for local governing bodies. Mr. Meyer is the head of the Right-of-Way Department, which has played a significant role in multiple high-profile condemnation projects, such as the Huey P. Long …
Ashton W. Ray graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor’s degree in finance in 2003. Mr. Ray joined Murphy Appraisal Services in April 2005 and is a state-certified general real estate appraiser. An associate member of the Appraisal Institute, he is pursuing his MAI designation. He is based in our Hammond office and performs …
A New Orleans native, James S. Montgomery graduated from Isidore Newman School before attending the University of Georgia, where he graduated cum laude with a dual-degree in English and Journalism. Since joining Murphy Appraisal Services in September of 2006, Mr. Montgomery has assisted in the valuation of a wide array of commercial real estate throughout the …
William Summerour joined Murphy Appraisal Services in 2007. Since that time, Mr. Summerour has appraised a wide array of property types ranging from hotels to golf courses to national wildlife refuges as well apartment complexes, shopping centers, industrial properties, and car washes. Prior to joining Murphy Appraisal, he served as an Emergency Management Planner for …
Jeremy Loescher joined Murphy Appraisal Services in 2011. His focus is the valuation of income-producing real estate properties including hotels, retail centers, multi-family, stand-alone retail, commercial properties, and mixed-use developments. Prior to joining Murphy Appraisal, Mr. Loescher’s experience in the New Orleans financial services market includes work with a local tax credit equity investment fund …
Katherine Harang, a native of Thibodaux, La., graduated in May 2011 from Louisiana State University’s E.J. Ourso College of Business with a bachelor’s degree in Finance. While a student at LSU, Ms. Harang was an active member of the Student Finance Association and interned with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. During her time at the Cystic …
Thomas M. Hancock joined Murphy Appraisal Services in 2010. Since that time, Mr. Hancock has assisted in the valuation of a wide array of property types ranging from vacant recreational land to restaurants as well as apartment complexes, shopping centers, and industrial properties. Prior to joining Murphy Appraisal Services, Mr. Hancock served as a sales …
Tom graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management. Tom begin working for Murphy Appraisal Services during the summer of 2011, focusing in commercial appraisals. Tom is a native and current resident of Hammond, Louisiana. While he played some college …