Nicole F. Gould Of Counsel—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.3165 Fax: 225.387.5397 nicole.gould@bswllp.com

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Nicole Gould, Of Counsel in the Baton Rouge office, practices primarily in the areas of state and local taxation, estate planning, business formation and disputes, redhibition and unfair trade practices.

After law school, Ms. Gould served at the First Circuit Court of Appeal as a contract attorney on Central Staff. She later served as staff counsel with the Louisiana Department of Revenue litigating issues such as nexus and corporate income and franchise tax, sales tax, withholding tax, individual income and inheritance tax. During her tenure there, she litigated matters ranging from Rule's to Cease and Desist to the Department's claims against giant out of state corporations.

Ms. Gould is admitted to practice in the state of Texas and all Louisiana state and federal courts. Nicole is the author of the BSW Tax Blog. The blog can be found at tax.bswblogs.com.

Admissions

Texas, 2007

Louisiana, 2000

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2003

U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2003

U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2003

Education

Paul M. Hebert Law School, Louisiana State University, J.D., 2000

Nicholl’s State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, M.B.A., 1998

Louisiana State University, B.S., Business Administration, 1996

Professional Associations

Louisiana State Bar Association, 2001 - Present, Member, Tax Section

Baton Rouge Association of Women Attorneys, 2007 - Present, Member, 2003-2004

Baton Rouge Bar Association, 2003 - Present, Member

Publications and Presentations

Baton Rouge, January 2006: "Liaison Meeting Between the Louisiana State Bar Association Section of Taxation and the Louisiana Department of Revenue: Litigation Updates"

National Business Institute, Baton Rouge, May 2004: “Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Update”

Southern University Law School, Administrative Law Class (taught by Michael Baer, III), March 2003: “Legal Practice In or Against the Department of Revenue”

Community Involvement

Trinity Episcopal Day School, Parent Volunteer Guild Board, Annual Gala Chair

Junior Achievement, 2003 - Present, Teaching Volunteer

Baton Rouge Junior League, 2006-2011, Former Financial Vice President

Forum35 (Civic Association), 2001 - 2005