Austin R. Buchanan

Austin R. Buchanan is a partner at Morgan Pottinger McGarvey in Louisville who practices in the firm’s Real Estate and Transactional group. He works with lenders, investors, and individuals on closing, title, and corporate issues in Kentucky. His listed practice areas include Banking and Finance Law, Business Law & Litigation, and Real Estate Law, giving his practice a strong transactional and financing focus.

Austin earned a J.D. from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville and a B.S. from the University of Louisville. His professional background adds substantial practical experience to that education. Before joining the firm, he spent four years working in house for a large commercial and agricultural lending group and three years with a multi-state residential real estate brokerage.

Austin’s experience includes lending, closings, title matters, corporate issues, and real estate transactions. He later used his transactional-law background during six years in professional sports, first working for teams on compliance, strategy, and salary-cap management and later obtaining a FIFA agent’s license to represent professional soccer players. That varied background informs his work on transactions requiring careful attention to agreements, financing, and business structure.

Austin R. Buchanan is admitted in Kentucky and serves clients from the firm’s Louisville office. His current profile confirms a real estate practice supported by banking, finance, business, title, and closing experience. His combination of private-practice, in-house lending, residential brokerage, and professional-sports work gives him a broad transactional perspective when advising clients on real estate and related business matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Morgan Pottinger McGarvey, Attorneys at Law
• Member, Kentucky Bar Association (2015-Present)
• Bankruptcy Section Chair, Louisville Bar Association (2017-2018)
• Member, Municipal Attorneys Association of Kentucky (2018-2022)
• President, Louisville Forum (2021-2022)
• Board Chair, Shively Area Ministries (2021-Present)
• Leadership Team, Louisville Chapter of Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) (2018-Present)
• Member, Kentucky League of Cities (2018-2022)
• Appointed Associate Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (2018-Present)

Licensed State

• Kentucky

Education

• Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Louisville
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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