Angela W. Adolph

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 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.

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.

• Admitted, Louisiana, 1994; Texas, 2000. Angie is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Eastern, and Middle Districts of Louisiana, and all Louisiana and Texas State Courts.

• Louisiana and Texas State Bar Associations; ABA Co-Chair of Property Tax Program Planning Committee (2015-present); Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA); Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Women in Public Finance - Louisiana Chapter (Board Member); and Municipal Marketplace Red Book

• Opportunity Zones Guidance Now Available, Louisiana Bar Journal, December 2018/January 2019
• An Overview of Louisiana's Business Incentive Program, New Orleans Bar Association, December 2018
  
• Opportunity Zones Guidance Now Available, BIZ Shreveport, October 26, 2018
  
• Opportunity Zones Guidance Now Available, Louisiana Law Blog, October 22, 2018
  
• Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Rate Changes Cut the Additional Temporary Penny and Raise the Rate on Business Utilities - Effective July 1, 2018, Louisiana Law Blog, June 26, 2018
• Is the New Tax Law a Boon for Residential Rentals?, Multi-Housing News, June 22, 2018
• Louisiana Department of Revenue Issuing Arm's Length Transfer Pricing Adjustments, Louisiana Law Blog, January 4, 2018
• Ballot Measure to Codify Longstanding Approach to CWIP, Louisiana Law Blog, August 18, 2017
• Louisiana Moves to Codify Longstanding Approach to Construction Work in Progress, Southeast Real Estate Business, 2017
• Roundtable: Around the Nation: What’s Hot, What’s Not, ABA/IPT, Advanced Property Tax Seminar, 2017
• Economic Development Options, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Beyond the Bar, 2017
• New Fiduciary Rules, Background, Updates and Frequently Asked Questions, Baton Rouge Bar Association, 2017
• Roundtable: Perspectives on Valuation Issues, ABA/IPT, Advanced Property Tax Seminar, 2016
• Basic Structuring of a Bond Transaction, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Fundamentals of Bond Law, 2016
• Engagement Letters and Opinion Letters, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Fundamentals of Bond Law, 2016
• Economic Development Tools are Under Assault, Southeast Real Estate Business, October 2015
• Social Impact Bonds, Louisiana City Attorneys Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2015
• Document and Default Administration: the Trustee’s Perspective, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Fundamentals of Bond Law, 2015
• Underwriting Behind the Scenes, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Fundamentals of Bond Law, 2015
• Even More Recent Developments in Municipal Finance, Louisiana City Attorneys Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2014
• Incentives Update, Lorman Education Services, Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana, 2014
• Procedure Update, Lorman Education Services, Sales and Use Tax in Louisiana, 2014
• Default Administration, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Bond Attorneys Workshop, 2014
• Recent Developments in Municipal Finance, Louisiana City Attorneys Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2013
• Tax Incentives, Tax Executives Institute, SALT Seminar, 2013
• Public Private Partnerships: Case Studies Across Louisiana, Louisiana City Attorneys Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2012
• Dodd Frank and its Impact on Municipal Issuers, Louisiana Municipal Association Webinar, 2012
• Public Private Partnerships and Financing Options, Louisiana City Attorneys Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2011
• Financing Outside the Box, Louisiana Municipal Association Webinar, 2012

• 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