Linda S. Akchin

Of Counsel

Baton Rouge – Downtown

Biography
Experience
News & Insights
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Linda Akchin practices in the litigation group. Linda represents clients in general and commercial litigation, state and local sales and use tax litigation and controversy, and pipeline expropriation.

Thought Leadership

“Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams: Expansion of the Due Process Notice Requirement,” Comment, 46 Louisiana Law Review 311
“Circumnavigating Louisiana’s Interstate Commerce Exclusion by Apportioning Taxes Upon Instrumentalities of Interstate Commerce,” 38 Louisiana Bar Journal 25
“Selected Ethics Rules Governing the Attorney-Client Relationship in Civil Practice,” Baton Rouge Bar Association CLE By the Hour Seminar, 1997, 1998
Speaker on various Louisiana Sales and Use Issues, National Business Institute, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002

Memberships

Member, Baton Rouge Bar Association
Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association

Community Service

Member, Baton Rouge Bar Association (Lawyer Referral Service Committee)
Member, United Way of Baton Rouge (Meeting Basic Needs Committee)
VIP Pro Bono Volunteer, Baton Rouge Bar Association

LSU Law Center, J.D., 1986
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Law Review Candidate
LSU, B.S., magna cum laude, 1979

Bar Admissions

Louisiana

Courts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

AV Preeminent-rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Successfully represented industrial client in state income tax litigation relating to the tax treatment of the proceeds of a sale of a major industrial facility within Louisiana.
Successfully represented commercial client in state income tax litigation relating to the inventory tax credit.
Representation of a wide array of industrial and commercial clients, as well as trade associations, in all aspects of state and local tax at the administrative level as well as in litigation.
Representation of numerous industrial clients in state and local tax litigation.
Successfully represented multiple industrial clients in state and local sales and use tax cases involving the raw material/reprocessing exclusion.
Successfully represented multiple industrial clients in state and local sales and use tax cases involving the constitutionality of taxation of railcars operating in interstate commerce.
Representation of a number of Louisiana’s major commercial and industrial trade associations in important state and local tax cases.
Representation of pipeline clients in expropriation and condemnation actions for under state law and under the federal Natural Gas Act, in property disputes and in property damage claims.
Experience representing clients in contractual mineral law disputes.
Experience representing clients in oilfield legacy litigation.
Experience in general, commercial litigation.

June 21, 2018 Suddenly Everything Has Changed: United States Supreme Court Adopts an Undefined Uniform Substantial Nexus Standard, Overturns Quill, and Fundamentally Alters the State Tax Landscape in Historic Wayfair Decision Read more

September 13, 2016 Bridges v. Nelson Industrial Steam Company, Inc. and Recent Amendments to Louisiana’s Further Processing Exclusion from Sales and Use Tax Read more

February 12, 2016 Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal Rejects Disguised “Primary Purpose” Test for Application of the Further Processing Exclusion from Sales Tax to Dual Purpose Materials Read more

April 14, 2010 Louisiana Supreme Court Reaffirms Availability of Concursus Procedure for Royalty Payors, But Leaves Questions Concerning Provisions of the Mineral Code Governing Claims for Failure to Pay Royalties Unanswered Read more

Linda S. Akchin

Biography

Experience

News & Insights

Blog Posts

Bar Admissions

Courts