Julie Galliano

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Notable Experience

Clients seek out Bob’s counsel in part because he’s hands-on, candid and efficient.  “I also have good, constructive relationships with all personnel in the courts and agencies and with opposing counsel.”

Bob’s assignments illustrate these qualities, including the following:

  • In a recent local sales tax matter, a large manufacturer was taxed by a parish authority on a product used at a facility out of state. ”We challenged the tax favorably going back seven years and got an agreement going forward.”
  • “I recently represented a major E&P entity hit with an additional state severance tax on crude oil, where I helped settle a series of disputes for pennies on the dollar.”
  • Many cases settle before they head to litigation, but in a case that nearly went to the Louisiana Supreme Court, and we saved our _oil and gas client $80 million.
  • I represented a multi-state drilling company and was able to defeat two parish use tax assessments for reconstruction work done on a drilling barge, prevailing at the Louisiana Supreme Court.
  • I successfully represented a couple with a State tax credit claim for the alternative fuel vehicle tax credit where the State was fighting the credit and litigating over 600 individual claims. My case turned out to be the test case that caused the State to drop its litigation and award the credit to all qualifying individual and business claimants.
  • I represented a major Texas based natural tobacco products distributor in a successful court challenge to Louisiana’s discriminatory tobacco tax discount for out of state suppliers.

Involvement

Professional

  • Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants – President 2010– 2011, Legislation Steering Committee Task Force, Member
  • Board Certified Tax Specialist – Louisiana Board of Specialization
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1980
  • Louisiana State Bar Association – Taxation Section, Past Chairman, Current Member
  • Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Board Member
  • American Bar Association Taxation Section, State and Local Taxes Committee, Member
  • New Orleans, Louisiana State, and American Bar Associations, Member
  • Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law - Member

Community

  • New Orleans Speech and Hearing Center – Past President, 1997 – 1999; Past Board Member
  • DePaul Community Health Centers, Board of Directors
  • Council for a Better Louisiana, Member
  • 1995 Leadership Louisiana Class – Member

Recognition

  • Chambers USA – (Band 1)  Corporate/M&A: Tax, 2013–2025
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Tax Law, 2003–2026
  • Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year", 2013, 2018, 2021, and 2026
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007–2025
  • Ascension DePaul Foundation Inspired Cross Award, 2025
  • Louisiana Certified Public Accountants (LCPA) Distinguished Service Award, 2019
  • Outstanding Discussion Leader Award, Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants, 2004
  • New Orleans Magazine's List of "Top Lawyers," 2015–2022
  • New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Award, 2007

 

 

Credentials

Education

  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1986)
    • Loyola Law Review, Member
  • Louisiana State University (B.S., cum laude, 1980)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 1987
  • Mississippi, 1993

Presentations

Bob speaks frequently on Louisiana state and local tax topics that cover all areas of Louisiana state and local taxation. Some of his recent presentations were for the following organizations:

  • Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants
  • Louisiana Department of Revenue
  • Tax Executives Institute
  • Energy Tax Association
  • Tulane Tax Institute
  • New Orleans Bar Association

Publications

After Hours

"I'm an avid Saints and Pelicans fan.  I also enjoy spending time with family and friends visiting the great restaurants New Orleans has to offer.”

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