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QUALIFICATIONS OF RICHARD N. DUCHAMP

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PROFESSIONAL DATA

Louisiana Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (License No. G0903)
Obtained the Master Senior Appraiser designation (Certificate No. 01451) from the National Association of Master Appraisers in 1985.
Member of the International Right of Way Association (No. 7894836)
Graduate, REALTORS Institute (Certificate No. 2730); 1985
Licensed Real Estate Broker; 1985 to 2003 
Licensed Real Estate Salesman, 1983 to 1985.
Notary Public, Parishes of Lafayette, Acadia, Vermilion & St. Martinville, 1984 (not active).
Over 25 Years of Appraisal Experience

EDUCATIONAL DATA
Graduate of Catholic High School of New Iberia, 1979
Graduate of University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly U.S.L.)
B.S. Business Administration with concentration in Account­ing & Finance, 1984.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MASTER APPRAISERS COURSES
          Residential Appraisal Principles, Residential Appraisal Practice, Farm & Land Appraisal, Commercial Appraisal.

APPRAISAL INSTITUTE COURSES AND IRWA COURSES
          Standards of Professional Practice, Real Estate Appraisal Principles, Basic Capitalization Theory and Techniques, Appraisal of Timberland, Appraising High Value and Historic Homes, Appraisal of Local Retail Properties, Attacking and Defending an Appraisal in Litigation, Valuation of Detrimental Conditions in Real Estate, Overview of Litigation Skills, Appraisal Consulting, Land Valuation Adjustment Procedures, Land Valuation Assignments, Appraising from Blueprints & Specifications, Art/Science of Real Estate Feasibility Analysis, Effective Appraisal Writing, National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Update (9/20/06; 11/20/08), Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (“Yellow Book”). IRWA Course No. 603 Understanding Environmental Contamination (test 10/23/07), Appraisal Challenges: Declining Markets and Sales Concessions (11/13/08), Online New Technology for Real Estate Appraisers (12/15/08), Introduction to FHA Appraising (12/16/08), Online Geographical Information Systems (12/29/08).

McKISSOCK COURSES
          Environmental Issues for Appraisers (12/2/10); REO and Foreclosures 12/3/10);  Sales Verification: Principles, & Case Studies (12/5/10);  The Nuts and Bolts of Green Building for Appraisers (12/5/10);  Ad Valorem Tax Consultation (12/6/10);

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA, COURSES RELATIVE TO APPRAISAL
          The Appraisal of Real Estate, Petroleum Land Management - Comprehensive Land Practices, Advanced Statistics, Accounting (5 courses), Business Law I & II, Louisiana Mineral Law, Math of Finance, Business Math, Finance, Financial Institutions and Markets, Bank Administration, Insurance, Management, Economics, Marketing, Investments, Notary Public, Louisiana Geography, Physical Geology.

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION

Public Television Presentation on Real Estate Abstracts and the need for Title Insurance (3/12/88)
Board of Directors, Lafayette Board of REALTORS, 1988 through 1991.
Board of Directors, Louisiana REALTORS Association, 1990 through 1992.
Past Chairman of Multiple Listing Service, Membership and Education Committees.
Previously on Board of Trustees, Lafayette Political Action Committee.
Member of Realtors Hall of Fame
Member of National Trust for Historic Preservation (#46520839)
Active Member of National Eagle Scout Association
Active in the Evangeline Area Council BSA; Cubmaster of the Year 1999; FOS Family Chairman
Member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church 
Knights of Columbus Council #7557; Fourth Degree; Year 2000 Civic Award
St. Cecilia School Board Member, 2000 through 2003
St. Cecilia School Supporter of the Year, 2004 - 2005
Real Estate Consultant for Various Religious Institutions and Universities (Pro-bono)

APPRAISALS COMPLETED IN THESE PARISHES

Acadia, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Jefferson Davis,  Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Tangipahoa, Vermilion. 

CLIENTELE AND NATURE OF ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETED

Appraisals and Counseling assignments have been completed for:  Abbeville Savings & Loan;  AmSouth Bank; Bank of Sunset;  Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan; BellSouth Mobility, Inc.;   Broussard Environmental Service & Enhancement District;  Chase (formerly Bank One);  City of Broussard, Louisiana;  City of Scott, Louisiana; Coastal Commerce;  Evangeline Bank & Trust;  Farmer’s - Merchants Bank; FDIC;  FNMA;  First Bank of Eunice; First Capital Life Insurance Co. of LA;  First Commerce Corporation; First Guaranty Bank; First Louisiana National Bank;  Gulf Coast Bank & Trust; Hibernia National Bank; Homequity Relocation Management Corpo­ration; Hoyt, Hodge, & Stanford Law Firm;  Iberia General Hospital District;  Iberia Bank; Iberia Parish Sheriff;  Iberville Bank; KBK Financial; Keith Thibodeaux, Attorney at Law;  LA. Capital Certified Development Company;  McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC;  MidSouth National Bank; Morgan City Bank;  Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation; Navy Federal Credit Union; Reliance Mortgage; Resolution Trust Corporation; Jason Robideaux, Attorney at Law; Simmesport State Bank;  Standard Mortgage Corporation;  St. Martin Bank & Trust Company; Southwest National Bank; St. Martin Parish Government; St. Martin Parish School Board;  Teche Bank & Trust; Teche Federal Savings & Loan;  Saloom & Saloom Attorneys at Law;  The LaBorde Law Firm;  Union Bank;   Washington State Bank; Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society. Appraisal assignments have included Shopping Centers; Supermarkets, Industrial Warehouses, Waterfront Industrial Properties, Retail Stores, Convenience Stores, Truck Stop Casinos, Commercial Land, Farmland and Acreage, Processing Plants, Wetlands, Special Purpose Properties, Funeral Homes, Hospitals, Day Care Centers, Restaurants,  Single and Multi-tenant Office Buildings, Medical Office Buildings, Religious Facilities, Schools, Historic Properties, Bed and Breakfasts, Ranches, High Value Residences, Multi-family Residences, and Single Family Residences.

Appraisal assignments have been prepared for the following purposes and functions or under the following circumstances:  Proposed loans for existing improvements, additions and/or remodeling and new construction;  Buy/Sell Decisions;  Disputed Estate values in litigation; Partitions; Community Property Settlements;  Expropriations;  Federal Bankruptcy;  Partial Interests; Condemnation Proceedings; Properties with Environmental Issues; and Damage Suits involving Land Usage.

I have testified in Louisiana State District Courts -- Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Martin, and Vermilion Parishes. I have prepared appraisals for, and testified in, Federal Bankruptcy Court - Western District, Louisiana.  I have testified for a Federal expropriation case. 

COURT TESTIMONY
I testified in court (December 29th and 30th, 2010) in the matter of Marcus Broussard, Jr., et al v. MI, LLC, et al, Docket #C-83406, 15th Judicial District Court in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, before Judge Arthur Planchard.
I testified in court (March 11, 2010) in the matter of Herman Jude Dautreuil, Jr., et al v. Kenneth James Lewis, et al, Docket #73257, 16th Judicial District Court in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, before Judge John E. Conery.
I testified in court (September 29, 2009) in the matter of Wilma Young Baker, et al v. John B. Baker, Jr., Docket # C-662-06, 31st Judicial District Court in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. I testified in court (May 13, 2009) in the matter of  Jimmy Fruge (Debtor) United States Bankruptcy Court, for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette/Opelousas Division), Docket #0851541, before Judge Robert Summerhays.
I testified in court (April 15, 2009) in the matter Cajun Equipment Specialty, Inc., Michael A. Gauthier & Linda L. Gauthier (Debtor) United States Bankruptcy Court, for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette/Opelousas Division), Docket #0851002.
I testified in court (2007) in the matter of Lafayette City Parish Consolidated Government v. Robert & Holly Fell filed May 2006 under Docket #2006-2522 in Lafayette Parish District Court.
I testified in court (2003) in the matter of Broussard Environmental Service & Enhancement District v. Sagness Girouard, III  filed May 2, 2002 under Docket #02-0022286 in Lafayette Parish District Court. 
I testified in court (2002) in the matter of Backwater Golf Club, Inc. v. Dean Peter Duhon and Stephen Oats, Attorney filed March 6, 1998 under Docket #98-001104 in Lafayette Parish District Court. 
I testified in court (1998) in the matter of Clara Gossen Caillouet v. Zwei Bruderland, LLC under Docket No. 71287 in Acadia Parish District Court.
I testified in court (mid 1990s) in a suit against Camel Construction Company, et als, involving excavation sites and the affect on residential property values. 


DEPOSITIONS

CLECO v. Mon Plaisir, LLC (Docket #115731 Iberia Parish, 16th JDC) (deposed July 29th 2010)
James Patrick Ryan v.  Laura Fields Ryan
(Docket #04-C-3480, St. Landry Parish)
Lafayette City Parish Consolidated Government v. Robert & Holly Fell (Docket #2006-2522)
James Holland and Mirjana Tomic v. Gulf States Inspection Consultants, Inc. (2006 ±)
United States Government (Expropriation for Residence taken for Federal Court House)
Suit against Camel Construction Company, et als (mid 1990s) 

SAMPLING OF OTHER LITIGATION RELATED ASSIGNMENTS
Appraisal consultant in the matter of Louisiana DOTD v. Robert C. Jordan, Vermilion Holdings, LLC, et als (Docket #98989-F, 16th JDC, Parish of Iberia, Louisiana), consent Judgment.
Appraisal in the matter of Roger Leo Gothreaux, et al v. Melvin L. Maxwell, et al  (Docket # 2006-5032-E, 15th JDC, Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana), settled.
Appraisals in the matter of Clark Lofton White v. Lisa Lauch White (Succession) (Docket # 2002-3108, 15th JDC, Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana), Southside Honda.
Appraisals in the matter of Barbara Ann Guidry Graciana, et Al v. Thomas Justin Guidry, et Al; Docket Number C-20054747 C (Judge Byron Hebert); Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana; settled by Consent Judgment April 2008
Appraisal in In the matter of Mona Theresa Bergeron v. Dwayne Edward Bergeron (Docket # 06-5565, 15th JDC, Lafayette Parish, LA.), Office/Warehouse.
Appraisal in the matter of Joseph Milton Andre Evans v. American General Financial Service of Louisiana, Inc. (Docket #04-C-4336, JDC, St. Landry Parish), suit involving residential property located on Mushroom Road, St. Landry Parish, LA; settled prior to trial.
Consultation and research in the matter of Lafayette City Parish Consolidated Government v. Saint Antoine Development Corporation (Jeremiah Supple); expropriation matter; settled prior to trial.
Consultation and research in Cypress Bayou Coulee Project in Lafayette Consolidated Government’s attempt to expropriate property of Larry and Sandra Blanchet; matter settled before suit was filed.
Prepared appraisal of High Value Residence for Judge David Blanchet in the matter of Jennifer Casonova Seale v. Mark W. Seale filed under Docket No. 72,735 Acadia Parish, LA as per court order dated July 11, 2003. The purpose of the report was to assist the court in the settlement of community property.

REAL ESTATE RELATED PRESENTATIONS BEFORE PUBLIC BODIES

Lafayette Parish Planning & Zoning Commisssion
Lafayette City Parish Consolidated Government Council
St. Martin Parish School Board
St. Martin Parish Council

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Several issues of La Gazette des T’Villages (now Acadiana Gazette, a local newspaper covering Broussard/Youngsville/Lafayette)



SAMPLING OF PROPERTIES APPRAISED


Historic Properties
Albania Plantation
Bienvenu House
Black’s Restaurant
Bulliard House
Cafe des Amis
Cafe Vermilionville
Chretien Point
Country Charm
Country Oaks
Elise Weeks Home
Le Rosier Restaurant & Cottages
Joseph Jefferson Home
LeBlanc Plantation
T’Frere’s Bed & Breakfast
Seale Guest House
Montgomery House
Maison Bleu
St. Martin Elementary School 

High Value Residences & Mini Ranches

Acasa Farms
Aubrey O. Henderson
Bagwell Estate
Blanda Estate
Choplin Estate
Falgout Estate
Frantzen Estate
Fortune Estates
Hughes Residence
Seale Guest House
Willie Lormand Co. Ranches 

C-Stores/Truck Stops

Angelle Truck Stop, Henderson
Blanchet’s Exxon Broussard
I-10/Duson Travel Center
Tiger Truck Stop Lake Charles
Master Mart Iberia
Chevron Stations
Exxon Stations


Industrial Properties

Arrow Aviation Facilities
Coil Tubing
Conrad ShipYards, Morgan City
Foam Products of Tyler
Greene’s Energy Group
Greenehead Rentals
Louisiana Safety Systems
MASSCO Aviation
SMEDA Indsutrial Park
Port of Iberia Property
Projects for Southern Structures
Tubular Technology
SeaSafe (Division of Gibraltar)
Winwater 


Special Purpose Properties
Ascension Day Campus
Atchafalaya Crawfish Processors
Blanchet’s Car Wash
Delhomme Funeral Home
Methodist Expansion, Lee & Main
St. Cecilia School Expansion
Methodist, New Iberia, Expansion
Pentecostal Churches
St. Joseph’s in Milton, Expansion
Water Tower Site
Water Distribution System
Cellular Tower Sites
P.S. Chez Sidney Processing Plants
Poupart’s Bakery
Pepper Factory, St. Martinville
Queen’s Theatre, Eunice
Automobile Dealership, Franklin
Southpark Community Hospital
LTAC of Acadiana

Office Buildings

Arden Place
Bendel Medical Center
Coastel Communications
Professional Plaza, Congress
Winchester Place
IMC Children’s Clinic, Charles St.
IMC Expansion, Lee Verret Rd. 


Restaurants and Retail

Antler’s, Downtown Lafayette
Boat City, Henderson
Black’s Restaurant
Café des Amis
Cypress Point Yamaha Dealership
Crawfish Kitchen
Delta Plaza Shopping Center
Honda Dealership
LeBean Retail Center
The Landing / Cajun Pier
Louisiana Market
Hong Kong Restaurant, L.C.
Royal Panda

Land - Acreage

Bargo Energy Partners
Gonsoulin Farms
SMEDA Industrial Park
Schilling Stock Farm
St. Martin Parish Park Expansion
Willie Lormand Company Lands

Land - Development/Commercial
Ambassador Caffery Parkway
Kaliste Saloom Road
Heart Hospital
Ambassador Caffery
St. Julien near Lourdes
Downtown Lafayette
Moss Street
Sternberg Heights


Contact Information:


RND REALTY CORPORATION - APPRAISAL SERVICES

1053 Briar Patch Road
Post Office Box 1517
Broussard, Louisiana 70518
(337-560-4464
Electronic Mail: rduchamp@bellsouth.net and website address: www.areaofacadiana.com

(Please Note: Assignments are taken by referral only. .Referrals from appraisers, past clients, attorneys, CPAs, etc.)




                                                                                                                                                                           
(Last Revised 1/4/11)