Jones Walker LLP

Jones Walker's State & Local Tax (SALT) team provides a full range of services to clients on a multi-jurisdictional basis. Our SALT practice has some of the most experienced tax attorneys, many of whom are Board-Certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, and is one of the deepest in the Gulf South. The Jones Walker SALT team provides state and local tax advice to a wide range of clients in many different industries. Our SALT services include business and transactional planning and structuring; tax policy and legislative advice; dispute resolution, both administrative and judicial; and business and tax incentives.

Our attorneys regularly advise clients in many state and local taxing jurisdictions on matters involving income, franchise, net worth, gross receipts, sales/use, business and occupational license, severance, ad valorem property, and other miscellaneous taxes. We are prepared to guide clients through the murky waters of the diverse state and local tax systems in many parts of the country.

Our clients include multinational corporate conglomerates, regional and local businesses, and individuals. With a presence throughout the Gulf South region, our SALT team is particularly poised to handle matters involving the following industries: oil and gas exploration and production; oilfield services; refining; mining; manufacturing; transportation, including land, pipeline, brown water, and blue water; telecommunications; broadcasting; paper; and healthcare.

Diversity Mission Statement

Jones Walker LLP strives to encourage, foster and increase diversity across the firm. To this end, the Diversity Committee has adopted the goal of fostering a work environment that welcomes different perspectives, backgrounds and life experiences and ensures that an individual’s professional growth, experience or advancement is not limited because of gender, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or other similar factor.

Purposes of the Diversity Committee

• To increase awareness of the importance of diversity within the firm and of the means by which diversity enriches the firm;
• To encourage all lawyers and staff members to develop mutual respect and appreciation for different perspectives and backgrounds; and
• To develop and implement strategies to assist the firm in recruiting, retaining and advancing staff and lawyers from diverse backgrounds.
• Jones Walker values all employees who contribute positively to the firm’s practice, the firm’s environment, and the greater community we serve.

In 2009, Jones Walker was named to MultiCultural Law Magazine’s list of "Top 100 Law Firms for Women," part of a series of listings of the top 100 law firms for diversity. The listings are compiled based on diversity statistics derived from annual surveys that the publication sends to law firms with more than 100 attorneys.