Attorney Alveno Castilla, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., Jackson, Mississippi

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Alveno N. Castilla

Board of Directors, Chairman Shareholder

633 North State Street (39202) P.O. Box 427 Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0427

Phone	(601) 949-4716
Fax	(601) 949-4804
Email	acastilla@watkinsludlam.com

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Areas of Practice:: Corporations Law; Tax Law; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Estate Planning

Certification/Specialties:: Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi; Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee

Bar Admissions:: District of Columbia, 1987; Mississippi, 1985; U.S. Tax Court

Education:: University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, 1985
J.D.
Honors: Edwin S. Cohen Tax Scholarship
Honors: Daniel Caplin Tax Award
Law Review: Virginia Tax Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1983 - 1984; Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, 1982
M.B.A.
Honors: With Honors; Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, 1975
B.A.
Honors: Dean's List

Published Works:: Sweet Music to Taxpayers' Ears, 4 VA. Tax Rev., Vol. 1, p. 163, 1984

Representative Cases:: East v. Commissioner, 58 T.C.M. 953 (U.S. Tax Court 1989)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Building & Tax Incentives Available for Post-Katrina Rebuilding, The Magnolia Bar Association, May 5, 2006

Honors and Awards:: Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law; Leadership Jackson; Who's Who Legal: USA - Corporate Tax, 2006; Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Tax, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; The Mississippi Bar; Member; Hinds County Bar Association; Member, Past Secretary, Past Treasurer; American Bar Association, Taxation Section; Member; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Member; Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants; Member; Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors; Member; Millsaps College, Board of Trustees; Member; Jackson 2000; Former Board Member and Chairman; MINACT, Inc.; Board of Directors; Millsaps College Else School of Management, Advisory Board; Member; Hinds County Bar Association, 2005 - 2006; President; Jackson State University Development Foundation, 1999 - 2006; Board of Directors; The Mississippi Bar, Ethics Committee, 1996 - 1998; Member; The Mississippi Bar, Board of Commissioners, 1991 - 1994; Member; Mississippi Symphony, 1992 - 1994; Board Member; Arts Alliance of Jackson & Hinds County, 1986 - 1992; Board Member, Past President

Past Employment Positions:: Jackson State University, Comptroller, 1979 - 1982; U.S. Department of HUD, Loan Specialist & Financial Analyst, 1978 - 1979; Internal Revenue Service, Revenue Agent, 1975 - 1978

Pro Bono Activities:: The Mississippi Bar Task Force on Multidisciplinary Practice; The Mississippi Bar President-Elect Nominating Committee, 1997; Hinds County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1995 - 1997; ABA Tax Section Special Committee on Minority Recruitment, 1993 - 1996; Bylaws Committee of Mississippi Bar, Chairman, 1994 - 1995; Hinds County Bar Association Budget Committee, Chairman, 1993 - 1995; The Mississippi Bar Lawyers Assistance Committee, 1992 - 1993; The Mississippi Bar Long Range Planning Committee, 1992 - 1993