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| | Address | | 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2210 | | New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 | | (Orleans Parish) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 504-524-2944 | | Fax: 504-524-2969 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.weilerreestaxlaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Weiler & Rees LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Federal, State and Local Tax Matters including Business and Estate Planning, Pension Benefit Planning, Tax Controversy and Corporate Merger and Acquisition Law. | | Year Established: 2000 | Firm Profile:
Weiler & Rees LLC is a firm exclusively engaged in tax and tax related matters. The firm provides its clients with representation in areas generally afforded only by much larger firms. The firm's current client base is quite diverse ranging from a number of publicly traded companies to the individual estate planning client. | | Firm Size: 5 | | MEMBERS | | John J. Weiler (Member) born Mayen, Germany, February 19, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Nebraska, Minnesota and U.S. Tax Court; 1974, Louisiana. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1966); Creighton University (J.D., 1969); George Washington University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1973). Member, Board of Editors, 1967-1968 and Articles Editor, 1968-1969, Creighton Law Review. Assistant Professor, University of New Orleans. Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1969-1974. Member: New Orleans, Minnesota State, Nebraska State, Louisiana State (Chairman, Taxation Section, 1982-1983), Federal and American (Member: Tax Section; Section of Real Property, Probate Trust Law) Bar Associations; Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans (President, 1986-1987); New Orleans Estate Planning Council (President, 1989-1990); National Association of Estate Planning Councils (Director, 1990-1992); National Association of Estate Planners (Director, 1990-1992). (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist and Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: German. Practice Areas: State and Federal Tax Matters; Tax Litigation; Estate Planning; Pension and Foreign Tax Matters. Email: John J. Weiler | | Paul Damian Rees (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana; 1990, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., cum laude, 1985); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1988); Boston University School of Law (LL.M., in Taxation, 1989). Clerk to Hon. D. Irvin Couvillion, Special Trial Judge, U.S. Tax Court, 1989-1990. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Federal, State and Local Tax; Tax Litigation; Trusts and Estate Planning. Email: Paul Damian Rees | | OF COUNSEL | | Christine C. St. John (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 29, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., Finance, 1976); Loyola University (J.D., 1981); Boston University (LL.M., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Louisiana State (Member, Taxation Section) and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; Association of Women Attorneys. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Successions; Tax Controversies; Workouts; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Related Tax Matters; Tax Planning; Business Planning; Long Term Care; Employee Benefits. Email: Christine C. St. John | | Susan M. Peterson (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, August 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1968); Loyola University (J.D., 1978). Editor, 1977-1978, Loyola Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Justice John A. Dixon, Jr., Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1978-1979. Adjunct Professor: "Estates and Trusts," Tulane University, 1983; "Document Drafting," 1988, 1991 and "Louisiana Trusts," 1988, 1989, Loyola University Law School. Lecturer, "Powers of Attorney and Living Wills," CLE Program, Loyola University Law School, 1992, 1994, 1996. Member, Rotary International, Downtown New Orleans Chapter, Board Member (2002-2004). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Chairman, 1986-1987, 1990-1991, Trust Estates, Probate and Immovable Property Section); Louisiana Bar Foundation; Louisiana Association for Women Attorneys (President, 1988-1990); Special Task Force for Advance Directives Through Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs. Fellow: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization).. Practice Areas: Probate; Ancillary Probate; Successions; Estate and Trust Administration; Wills; Trusts; Taxation; Estate Planning; Inheritance; Living Trusts; Living Wills; Postnuptial Agreements; Community Property Law; Elder Law. | | ASSOCIATE | | Christian N. Weiler (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2001); Loyola University (J.D., 2005); Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (LL.M., Tax, 2006). Member: Dallas, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies; Tax Litigation; Business Planning; Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Deferred Compensation; Successions. Email: Christian N. Weiler | Other Office Addresses:
Mandeville, Louisiana Office: 2160 8th Street, Suite A, 70471. Telephone: 985-674-1443. Fax: 985-674-9082.
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