JULIA FENDLER 

New Orleans Office  

(504) 299-7759  

julia.fendler@butlersnow.com  

Julia’s practice is focused on public finance. She was awarded the “Tax-Credits Attorney of  the Year in Louisiana” by Corporate International Magazine.  

PRACTICE AREAS AND INDUSTRY TEAMS 

Public Finance  

Tax Credits  

Governmental Finance  

Opportunity Zone Team  

EXPERIENCE 

Served as QALICB Counsel in closing numerous tax credit projects. Recent  representative projects include:  

Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the construction and development of  a new healthcare clinic for a federally qualified healthcare center located in Fort Worth,  Texas  

Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the construction and development of  cancer lodge facility in Jackson, Mississippi. 

Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the construction and development of  a healthcare facility and community center located in Portland, Oregon. 

Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the expansion and equipping of a  soy bean processing facility located in Sidon, Mississippi, which utilized Federal and  Mississippi NMTCs. Special Counsel for the construction of a Ronald McDonald House  located in Fort Worth, Texas, which utilized Federal NMTCs.  

Counsel in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction for the acquisition, construction and  equipping of a manufacturing plant facility located in Springdale, Arkansas. 

BAR ADMISSIONS 

Louisiana, 2011 

Texas, 2009 

DISTINCTIONS 

Tax-Credits Attorney of the Year in Louisiana, 2014 Corporate International Magazine Global Award 

ASSOCIATIONS 

Texas Young Lawyers  

Texas Bar Association  

Louisiana Bar Association  

American Bar Association  

New Markets Tax Credits Working Group  

New Orleans Bar Association 

EDUCATION & HONORS 

University of Dublin, Trinity College, L.L.M., European Law, 2010  Louisiana State University, J.D., D.C.L, 2009  

University of Delaware, honors program, B.A., History, 2005  

National Society of Collegiate Scholars  

Omicron Delta Kappa  

Golden Key International Honor Society  

Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honors Society  

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PUBLICATIONS 

Author and Speaker, “The New Markets Tax Credit: a powerful economic force for low  income people and communities,” Texas Bar CLE Advanced Real Estate Law, July 13,  2017.