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201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
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Bill Backstrom leads the firm's Tax & Estates Practice Group. His practice, for more than 25 years, has focused primarily on state and local tax matters in Louisiana and on a multistate basis. These matters include tax and business planning, utilization of tax and business incentives, audits, government relations, administrative appeals, judicial appeals, and legislative matters.

Mr. Backstrom is a Board-Certified Tax Specialist as certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. He is a frequent lecturer and author on a variety of tax topics, including all aspects of Louisiana state and local taxation, as well as state and local tax issues relating to multistate and multinational operations.

Mr. Backstrom has lectured at programs presented by the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education, the Tulane University Law School Tax Institute, the American Bar Association Section on Taxation (State and Local Tax Committee), the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT), the Paul J. Hartman Memorial State and Local Tax Forum, the Council on State Taxation (COST), the National Multistate Tax Symposium, the Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators (SEATA), the Louisiana Association of Tax Administrators, the Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Houston and New Orleans Chapters of Tax Executives Institute, Inc. (TEI), and the American Petroleum Institute.

Mr. Backstrom also developed and taught the State & Local Tax course in the Graduate Accounting Program (Taxation Specialization) at the University of New Orleans. He currently serves as a co-author for the Louisiana Chapter of the Property Tax Deskbook, which is published annually by the State and Local Tax Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation. He also is a contributing author to COST's State Tax Report.

Mr. Backstrom is a member of the Advisory Board of the Paul J. Hartman Memorial State and Local Tax Forum, the Advisory Board of the National Multistate Tax Symposium, and the IPT.

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Tax Law (listed annually since 1995)
• Listed in the 2010 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Tax (listed annually since 2007)
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

News

• Jones Walker Announces New Partners and Board of Directors Members; Two New Practice Leaders Selected
• Thirty-Seven Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2010
• 2010 Best Lawyers in America Rankings Showcase Jones Walker’s Depth, Growth
• Thirty-Eight Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in 2009 Issue of Louisiana Super Lawyers
• 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

Presentations

• "Louisiana State & Local Tax Update", December 3, 2009
• "Louisiana State & Local Taxes for Texans", September 17, 2009
• "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", December 12, 2008
• "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", October 30, 2008
• "Advanced Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana", September 18, 2008
• "Vexing Issues with Mergers and Acquisitions", February 27, 2008

Publications

• "Nonresident REIT Shareholder Held to Be Subject to Louisiana Tax"
  State Tax Notes, June 6, 2005

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member and Vice-Chair, 2009–2010, Section of Taxation, Committee on State and Local Taxes)
• Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Section of Taxation)
• The Mississippi Bar (Member, Section of Taxation)