Alveno N. Castilla
Alveno N. Castilla is an attorney at Butler Snow law firm in Jackson, Mississippi.
Practice Areas and Industry Teams
- State and Local Tax
- Tax Credits
- Real Estate Development and Finance
- Public Finance Tax
- Tax
- Economic Development
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1985
- District of Columbia, 1987
- United States Tax Court
Distinctions
- AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, 2013
- The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Tax, 2014
- Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi and Tennessee
- Leadership Jackson
- Mississippi’s 50 Leading Attorneys for Leadership in Law 2010, Mississippi Business Journal
- Named Top Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Magazine
- Who’s Who Legal: USA – Corporate Tax, 2006
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Section of Taxation
- Special Committee on Minority Recruitment, 1993-1996
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Arts Alliance of Jackson and Hinds County
- Former Board Member
- Past President, 1986-1992
- Capitol Area Bar Association
- Past President, 2005-2006
- Board of Directors, 1995-1997
- Community Foundation of Greater Jackson
- Board of Trustees
- Jackson 2000
- Former Board Member and Chairman
- Jackson State University Development Foundation
- Board of Directors
- Jackson State University eCenter Foundation
- President
- Board Member
- Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce
- Former Member of the Board of Directors
- Millsaps College
- Former Member of the Board of Trustees
Associations cont.
- Millsaps College Else School of Management
- Advisory Board
- MINACT, Inc.
- Board of Directors
- Mississippi Economic Council
- Board of Directors
- Chairman, 2014-2015
- Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Mississippi Symphony
- Board Member, 1992-1994
- Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Former Member of the Board of Directors
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Ethics Committee, 1996-1998
- Board of Commissioners, 1991-1994
- Task Force on Multidisciplinary Practice
- President-Elect Nominating Committee, 1997
- Chairman, Bylaws Committee, 1994-1995
- Lawyers Assistance Committee, 1992-1993
- Long Range Planning Committee, 1992-1993
- Mississippi Baptist Health Systems
- Board Member
- Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
- Board Member
- Mississippi Center for Education Innovation
- Board Chairman, 2014
- Community Foundation of Greater Jackson
- Former Member of the Board of Trustees
Education and Honors
- University of Virginia, J.D., 1985
- Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Tax Review
- Daniel Caplin Tax Award
- Edwin S. Cohen Tax Scholarship
- Millsaps College Else School, M.B.A., with honors, 1982
Papers, Presentations and Publications
- Author, “Technology Footprint,” January 2012.
- Presenter, “What To Do When the IRS (Revenue or Special Agent) Shows Up”, April 2010.
- Presenter, “Stimulating Your Practice” – An Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, April 2009
- Presenter, “Analysis of Selected Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” March 2009.
- Presenter, “Anatomy of a Real Estate Development Loan Commitment (or ‘Jumping Through the Hoops’ and then some)”, April 2005.