Julia's practice is focused on tax credit transactions. She was awarded the "Tax-Credits Attorney of the Year in Louisiana" by Corporate International Magazine.

• Public Finance
• Tax Credits
• Opportunity Zone Team
• Governmental Finance

• Served as QALICB and CDE Counsel in closing numerous tax credit projects. Recent representative projects include:
  • Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the construction and development of a new healthcare clinic for a federally qualified healthcare center located in Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the construction and development of cancer lodge facility in Jackson, Mississippi.
  • Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the construction and development of a healthcare facility and community center located in Portland, Oregon.
  • Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the expansion and equipping of a soy bean processing facility located in Sidon, Mississippi, which utilized Federal and Mississippi NMTCs. Special Counsel for the construction of a Ronald McDonald House located in Fort Worth, Texas, which utilized Federal NMTCs.
  • Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the acquisition, construction and equipping of a manufacturing plant facility located in Springdale, Arkansas.

• Tax-Credits Attorney of the Year in Louisiana, Corporate International Magazine Global Award, 2014

• Louisiana, 2011
• Texas, 2009

• University of Dublin, LL.M., European Law, 2010
• Louisiana State University, J.D.,D.C.L., 2009
• University of Delaware, B.A., History, honors program, 2005
  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • Golden Key International Honour Society
  • Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honors Society

• Texas Bar College
• Texas Young Lawyers
• Texas Bar Association
• Louisiana Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• New Markets Tax Credits Working Group
• New Orleans Bar Association

• Presenter, “Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits – A Champion for the Conservation of America’s Past,” PLI, October 2023.

• Presenter, “The Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit – A Powerful Advocate for the Revival and Sustainability of the Treasures of our Architectural Past,” Lawline, September 2023.

• Author, "How New Markets Tax Credit Can Help Pandemic Recovery," Law360 Tax Authority, August 15, 2022.
• Author, "The New Markets Tax Credit – An Economic Vaccine for Low-Income Communities," PLI Chronicle, August 2021.
• Presenter, "The New Markets Tax Credit – An Economic Vaccine for Low-Income Communities," PLI, 2021.
• Presenter, "The New Markets Tax Credit – An Economic Catalyst for Low-Income Communities for Pandemic Recovery and Beyond," LawPracticeCLE, 2021.
• Presenter, "Taking Advantage of New Markets Tax Credits," Lorman, 2021.
• Presenter, "Benefiting from New Markets Tax Credits," Esquire CLE, 2021.
• Author, "New Markets Credit Will Aid Recovery In Low-Income Areas," Law360, April 28, 2021.
• Author and Speaker, "The New Markets Tax Credit: a powerful economic force for low income people and communities," Texas Bar CLE Advanced Real Estate Law, July 13, 2017.