Description:
Description:With over 230 attorneys and eight office locations in Louisiana and Texas, Kean Miller (https://www.keanmiller.com/about-kean-miller/) serves as legal counsel to the people and industries that drive the energy-belt economy. From our offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houston, The Woodlands, Lake Charles, Lafayette, and Shreveport. Fortune 500 companies, national businesses, and local companies rely on Kean Miller for efficient legal services and practical advice, always provided in a cost-efficient manner. In the courtroom and the boardroom, Kean Miller attorneys create unique solutions, pragmatic strategies, and unparalleled value that allow our clients to perform at the highest level.
Kean Miller is currently hiring for the position of Tax Associate in our New Orleans office.
This Associate will advise individual and business clients on matters related to international, federal, state, and local tax issues, corporate formation, acquisitions, mergers, restructurings, and other transactional needs. Candidates will also advise clients regarding international, federal and state tax implications, choice of entity, federal tax audits, administrative appeals, and managing state and local taxing authorities. The associate will have publication credits and experience teaching and presenting in order to assist a New Orleans-based adjunct professor partner with teaching law school classes in international, federal, state and local taxes, writing articles for professional publications and presenting at tax conferences. The associate will demonstrate superior business development skills.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation required; willing to take LA bar if licensed outside of LA
- LL.M. in Taxation required from NYU, Georgetown, or Northwestern (Pritzker)
- Excellent communication skills, strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Proven business development track record
- Initiative-taker who also likes to collaborate with a team
- Superior academic credentials
- Impeccable research and writing skills
- Publication credits
- Experience teaching in a law school setting
- Experience presenting at tax conferences qualifying for CLE/CPE
- Strict attention to detail and filing deadlines
- Former CPA, government experience, and/or experience with international tax issues required
What Kean Miller Offers
We offer a people-first culture, meaningful work, competitive salaries, and an extensive benefits package that includes health, life, disability, dental, vision coverage and 401(k).
How to Apply:
Please submit a resume to Renee.Carughi@keanmiller.com or apply through our Careers Page on our website
All submissions are held in the strictest confidence.
Kean Miller is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal and local laws prohibiting discrimination based upon, race, color, national origin, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, religion, sexual orientation, or other status or activity protected by law.
About Kean Miller
Kean Miller is one of the largest and best recognized law firms in the Gulf South region and the largest law firm based in Baton Rouge. For 42 years, the Firm has been innovating and growing, revolutionizing the standards for excellence in client service, and earning numerous awards for its market-leading practices and thoughtful and creative legal representation. Mansfield certified for the sixth consecutive year, Kean Miller has been consistently named to the National Law Journal's NLJ 500 and the Law360 Top 400 lists. The Firm is routinely recognized as a Best Place to Work by business publications in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport, and Houston. The Firm's collaborative culture, people-first approach, and devotion to quality are foundational to the Firm's continued success, reflecting its reputation in the market.
