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.