Paul D. Rees

Paul D. Rees is a founding partner of Weiler & Rees in New Orleans whose practice concentrates on tax planning, estate planning, business transactions, and succession planning. Rees advises individuals, families, and business owners on federal, state, and local tax matters, trusts and estates, wealth transfer, and business succession issues. His work connects tax analysis with practical planning for ownership transitions, family transfers, and long-term management of personal or business assets.

Rees earned a J.D. from Tulane University in 1988 and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law in 1989. He previously received a B.S. from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1985. Supplemental professional records report that he graduated cum laude from both Tulane and his undergraduate program. His advanced tax education supports a practice that addresses planning, controversy, estate, and business issues with significant tax consequences.

His practice includes federal, state, and local taxation, tax planning, sales and use tax, tax controversies, tax litigation, trusts and estate planning, accounting-law issues, and property tax. Rees also works with clients on wills, trusts, wealth-transfer strategies, and business succession planning. These matters often require coordination between current tax obligations and future transfers, especially for business owners and families seeking to manage assets across generations.

Paul D. Rees is admitted in Louisiana and the U.S. Tax Court and has been recognized with an AV Preeminent peer rating. Rees is also identified as a Board Certified Tax Law Specialist by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization in supplemental professional records. His tax and estate-planning background helps clients structure transactions, evaluate tax exposure, plan succession, and coordinate legal arrangements that support both immediate business needs and longer-term family or ownership goals.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founding Partner, Weiler & Rees, LLC
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Louisiana

Education

• Boston University School of Law
  Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation
• Tulane University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Southwestern Louisiana
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting

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