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Angela W. Adolph

Partner

Angie Adolph is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2011, and practices in the tax and municipal finance groups. Angie represents Louisiana, national, and international clients in a variety of tax and corporate matters. In addition to representing clients before the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, the Louisiana Tax commission, and in the Louisiana courts, she has special experience representing taxpayers in property tax incentive negotiations, including Payments in Lieu of Taxes. Angie is the firm’s representative to the American Property Tax Counsel, an association of property tax firms with members throughout the United States and in Canada.

Angie also has extensive experience in bond transactions and in the development of Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Endeavor Agreements. She is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, board member of the Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association and the Louisiana Chapter of Women in Public Finance and is listed in the “Red Book” of bond professionals. Prior to joining Kean Miller, Angie practiced in the tax and municipal finance areas for over 15 years with a local law firm.

Angie is AV Preeminent-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Representative Experience
  • Representation of apartment complexes in ad valorem tax and sales tax disputes
  • Representation of retail and commercial businesses in ad valorem tax and sales tax disputes
  • Representation of industrial manufacturers in negotiation and drafting of cooperative endeavor agreements, PILOT agreements, and bond documents
  • Representation of oil and gas services company in connection with ad valorem tax dispute
  • Representation of power plants in connection with ad valorem tax disputes
  • Representation of food production facility in connection with ad valorem tax dispute
  • Representation of casinos in ad valorem tax and sales tax disputes
  • Representation of offshore services company in sales tax disputes
  • Representation of chemical companies in connection with sales and ad valorem tax issues
  • Representation of shopping centers in connection with ad valorem tax valuation issues 
  • Representation of lender in connection with tax exempt leasing transactions
  • Representation of interstate pipeline companies in connection with interstate commerce discrimination challenge 
  • Representation of common carriers in connection with the taxability of components of exempt trucks 
  • Representation of bus company in connection with exemption from sales and use tax 
  • Representation of local companies in Internal Revenue Service audits
  • Testimony before Louisiana Tax Commission in connection with the valuation of subsurface oil and gas equipment
  • $8,100,000 Certificates of Indebtedness, City of Zachary, Series 2022
  • Agreement to Issue Not Exceeding $245,000,000 Morehouse Industrial Development Board Taxable Revenue Bonds (Oak Ridge Solar, LLC Project) 2022
  • Agreement to Issue Not Exceeding $7,876,000 Caddo Industrial Development Board Taxable Revenue Bonds (Edgemont Holdings LLC, Project) 2021
  • $6,000,000 Revenue Anticipation Notes, East Baton Rouge Parish Law Enforcement District, Series 2021
  • $2,000,000 Revenue Notes, Visit Baton Rouge, Series 2021
  • $1,225,200 Certificates of Indebtedness, Fire Protection District No. 12 of Rapides Parish, Series 2021
  • $2,870,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds (St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District Project) Series 2020A (Non-AMT)
  • $4,185,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds (St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District Project) Series 2020B (AMT)
  • $6,895,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District Project) Series 2020C (AMT)
  • $719,250 Certificates of Indebtedness, Coteau Fire Protection District, Series 2020
  • $2,500,000 Certificates of Indebtedness, North Sabine Fire Protection District, Series 2020
  • Agreement to Issue Not Exceeding $250,000,000 Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District Taxable Revenue Bonds (Laitram, LLC Project) 2019
  • $15,000,000 Revenue Anticipation Notes, East Baton Rouge Parish Law Enforcement District, Series 2019
  • $270,000 Certificates of Indebtedness, Village of Grayson, Series 2019
  • $2,600,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Subordinate Revenue Bonds (Ragin’ Cajun Facilities, Inc. – University of Louisiana at Lafayette Cajundome Project) Series 2019
  • Agreement to Issue Not Exceeding $190,000,000 Ouachita Industrial Development Board Taxable Revenue Bonds (Graphic Packaging International Project) 2018
  • $16,500,000 Revenue Anticipation Notes, East Baton Rouge Parish Law Enforcement District, Series 2018
  • $410,000 Certificates of Indebtedness, Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State of Louisiana, Series 2018
  • $13,670,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (City of Sulphur, Louisiana Project), Series 2018
  • $28,540,000 Bexar County Health Facilities Development Corporation Revenue Refunding Bonds (Army Retirement Residence Foundation Project), Series 2018
Education

Angela earned her B.S. from Louisiana State University in 1991. She earned her J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1994. After law school, she served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry A. Mentz in the Eastern District of Louisiana from September 1994 to September 1996.

Admissions
  • Admitted, Louisiana, 1994; Texas, 2000. Angie is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, the United States District Court for the Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, and all Louisiana and Texas State Courts.
Memberships
  • Louisiana and Texas State Bar Associations; ABA Property Tax Program Planning Committee; American Property Tax Counsel, Board of Directors; Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA), Board of Directors; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Women in Public Finance - Louisiana Chapter, Board Member; and Municipal Marketplace Red Book
Articles, Publications and Presentations
Community Service
  • Member, Board of Directors, McMains Children's Developmental Center
  • Sustaining Member, Junior League of Baton Rouge; Chair of Legal Ad Hoc Committee (2015 to present)
  • Member, Krewe of Artemis
  • Member, Kiwanis Club of Baton Rouge - Downtown
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