Areas of Practice
- Banking & Financial Services
- Corporate & Securities
- Disaster Recovery Client Team
- Employee Benefits, ERISA & Executive Compensation
- ERISA & Executive Compensation
- Health Care
- Tax
- Tax & Estates
- Transactional Tax (Federal & International)
Education
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1978; Tax Law Review
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1977; Order of the Coif; Tulane Law Review; Dean's Medal; Faculty Medal
- Loyola University, B.A., 1974, summa cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1978
Court Admissions
- La. Dist., 1981
- Tax, 1979
Ruddy Ramelli is a partner in the firm's Tax, Trusts & 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. His practice concentrates on corporate and partnership federal income tax issues. Mr. Ramelli speaks frequently at national and state tax seminars, and he is a professor of law at Tulane University Law School and assistant professor at the University of New Orleans. He currently serves 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® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Employee Benefits Law and Tax Law (listed annually since 2003)
- Listed in the 2009 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Tax (listed annually since 2007)
News
- Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Jones Walker Announces Board Elections
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
Presentations
- "Structuring the Deal", November 2007
- "When Do Business Transactions Require Valuations", September 2006
- "Taxation of Subchapter S Corporations", February 26, 2005
- "Forming and Separating Closely-Held Corporations and Partnerships", 2004
Publications
- "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 on Taxation, Vice Chair – Administration, 2006 to date, Council Director, 2002–2005, Chair, Corporate Tax Committee, 1993–1994, Member, Limited Liability Company Task Force, 1992–2000)
- American College of Tax Counsel (1994 to date)
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Board Certified Tax Attorney
- Certified Public Accountant
- Junior Achievement of New Orleans (Board of Directors)
- Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Chair, Section of Taxation, 1989–1990; Chair, Tax Specialization Board, 1992–1993)
- National Council of Attorneys/CPAs (2005–2008)
