Areas of Practice
- Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense
- Disaster Recovery Client Team
- Energy
- International
- Tax
- Tax (International, Federal, State & Local)
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. in Taxation, 1981
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, J.D., 1976; Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1974–1976
- Davidson College, B.A., 1973
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1981
- New York, 1978
Court Admissions
- 5th Cir., 1989
- Tax, 1982
professionalsBio
Alex Trostorff is a partner in the firm’s Tax, Trusts & Estates Practice Group. His practice encompasses primarily transactional work (corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies) with an emphasis on international tax issues and representing clients in civil and criminal tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service. He has been Board Certified as a Tax Law Specialist by the Louisiana State Bar Association since 1985.
Prior to joining Jones Walker in 1980, Mr. Trostorff worked in the corporate branch of the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. He is a native of New York and a longtime resident of New Orleans.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Tax Law (listed annually since 2003)
- Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Tax (also listed in 2007)
News
- Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Trostorff Speaks on GO Zone Tax Incentives
- Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
- Jones Walker Named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Innovators of the Year 2006
Publications
- "Legislative Briefing – Katrina Update"
January 24, 2006 - Hurricane Tax Relief Acts of 2005: Law, Explanation and Analysis
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation; Member, Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers and U.S. Activities of Foreigners & Tax Treaties, 1996 to date; Member, Committee on Natural Resources, 1981–1986; Member, Committee on Capital Recovery and Leasing, 1985; Vice-Chairman, Leasing Subcommittee, 1990–1992; Chairman, Leasing Subcommittee, 1988–1990; Member, ABA At-Risk Task Force, 1986–1992; Co-Chairman, New Orleans Internal Revenue Service Non-Filer Program Task Force, 1992–1994)
- International Bar Associations (Member, Section on Business Law, Committee "N" Taxation)
- International Fiscal Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Sections on International Law and Taxation, International Tax Committee)
