Stephen D. Morel is the managing partner of NOLA Title Company, LLC, and the law firm of Morel Yorsch. Through the title company and the law firm, he represents individuals and businesses in residential and commercial real estate transactions, contracts and closings, and construction, land development, condominium and land use and zoning laws. 

In 1994, Mr. Morel enlisted in the Louisiana Army National Guard wherein he was trained as a Russian linguist, and military interrogator.  He eventually attained the rank of staff-sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 2001.  Following the active duty training of his enlistment, Mr. Morel enrolled at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, graduating in May of 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in Eastern European Studies.  He subsequently was admitted into LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and received his Juris Doctorate in May of 2002.

Mr. Morel is currently licensed to practice law before all Louisiana state and federal courts, including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He is also licensed by the State of Louisiana as a notary public and title insurance producer, and by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission as a certified real estate instructor.  He is an active member of the Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations, and the Young Leadership Council.

Mr. Yorsch is a partner of NOLA Title Company, LLC, and the law firm of Morel Yorsch. In his general practice he represents clients in a wide variety of fields including real estate, general business, family and tort law.

Mr. Yorsch represents real estate developers in the acquisition, development and construction of commercial and residential developments.  He also counsels them in the preparation of leases, restructuring of partnerships, real estate sales and review of title and the issuance of title policies for the title agency.

Mr. Yorsch is a graduate of the New Orleans Police Academy and worked or the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office from 1995 through 2003, where he was selected and assigned to the Street Crimes unit and the Crisis Management Unit (SWAT). Mr. Yorsch rose to the rank of Lieutenant and assisstant commander of the Street Crimes Unit.

Mr. Yorsch graduated from the Loyola University School of Law in 2004. he received his graduate degree from Southern University in 2002 and his undergraduate degree from Loyola University in 2000. Mr. Yorsch was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 2005.

Mr. Yorsch is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association and the American Trial Lawyers Association. Since 2005, he has served as Legal Counsel for the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office.