Lawless is a Sales and Leasing associate with Corporate Realty. He is responsible for researching and identifying business development opportunities in commercial real estate, with a specific focus on multi-family investment properties.

Lawless began his real estate career in 2018 as a licensed agent. He has sold to date approximately $7 million in real estate in New Orleans. His focus has been on assisting investors in buying multi-family properties and developers in buying vacant land. He has also represented small businesses in leasing commercial space.

Prior to becoming an agent, Lawless was a project manager at the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, then Economic Development Advisor in the Office of Recovery Management in the Department of Economic Development for New Orleans. He went on to oversee business development for family owned A La Carte Specialty Foods, then taught social entrepreneurship at Tulane University, advising small business owners in various non-profit networks.

He is an HBCU graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Marketing from Morehouse College. He also completed a Master of Science in International Affairs at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky and a Master of Arts in Global Development from the Payson Center for International Development at Tulane Law School.

A New Orleans native, Lawless is the founder of JunMagnolia: The Champagne of Kombucha.