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Ruddy Ramelli is a partner in the firm's Tax & Estates Practice Group and a member of the firm's board of directors. A native of New Orleans, Mr. Ramelli has been practicing tax law for more than 25 years and is a Board-Certified Tax Specialist as certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. His practice concentrates on corporate and partnership federal income tax issues. In addition, Mr. Ramelli represents tax-exempt institutions, particularly tax-exempt health care entities. 

Mr. Ramelli speaks frequently at national and state tax seminars, and he is a professor of law at Tulane University Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of New Orleans. He has served as Vice Chair – Administration of the American Bar Association's Section on Taxation and has served on council and as chairman of the Corporate Tax Committee of the American Bar Association's Section on Taxation, chairman of the State Tax Section, and chairman of the Tax Specialization Board. Mr. Ramelli has also served as a member of the National Conference of Lawyers and Certified Public Accountants.

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Tax Law (listed annually since 1987)
• Named "New Orleans Best Lawyers Employee Benefits Law Lawyer of the Year" 2010
• Recognized in "Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Corporate/M&A: Tax (also listed in 2010)
• Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Tax (also listed in 2011), and in the area of Corporate/M&A: Tax (2007–2010)
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

News

• Jones Walker Announces New Partners, Office Heads, and Board of Directors Members
• Fifty-Six Jones Walker Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012
• Rudolph R. Ramelli is Selected to be Chair-Elect of ABA Tax Section
• Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
• Jones Walker Receives Unmatched Rankings in Chambers USA
• Jones Walker Presents Florida Health Care Seminar

Presentations

• "When Owners of a Closely Held Corporation Go Their Separate Ways", September 20, 2011
• "Health Care Legislation Update—Accountable Care Organizations, Medical Home, and Other Key Trends", May 26, 2011
• "Mergers and Acquisitions—What Corporate Counsel Needs to Know", September 24, 2010
• "Partnership Mergers and Divisions", November 2009
• "Structuring the Deal", November 2007
• "When Do Business Transactions Require Valuations", September 2006

Publications

• "Chapter 16: Partnership Mergers and Divisions"
  Proceedings of the 68^th NYU Institute on Federal Taxation, 2010
• "Section 351: Selected Problems Involving Overlap With Other Code Provisions"
  Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Financings, Joint Ventures, Reorganizations, and Restructurings,
• "Taxation of Partnerships and LLCs"
  Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1997

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Section of Taxation, Chair–Elect, 2011–2012, Vice Chair – Administration, 2006–2009, Council Director, 2002–2005, Chair, Corporate Tax Committee, 1993–1994, Member, Limited Liability Company Task Force, 1992–2000, Chairman, Membership and Marketing, 2009–2011)
• American College of Tax Counsel (1994 to date)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• American Tax Policy Institute, Trustee (2011 to date)
  
• Board-Certified Tax Specialist as Certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization
• Certified Public Accountant
• Junior Achievement of New Orleans (Board of Directors, 2008–2011)
• Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Louisiana State Bar Association (Chair, Section of Taxation, 1989–1990; Chair, Tax Specialization Board, 1992–1993)
• National Conference of Lawyers/CPAs (2005–2008)