Elisa Walker

Associate

  • Elisa Walker
  • Phone: +1 973 424 2036

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    200 Campus Drive, Suite 300
    Florham Park, NJ 07932-1007
    USA

Elisa M. Walker practices in the area of corporate law with a focus on taxation, designing tax-efficient legal structures and representing clients in transactional tax matters. Her practice encompasses all aspects of corporate taxation, including planning for complex international corporate structures, navigating cross-border transactions and advising on a range of corporate and partnership taxation issues. Her experience includes assisting clients with mergers and acquisitions of subchapter C corporations, taxable stock sales, formation and negotiation of sophisticated and complex joint ventures, preparation of partnership and limited liability company agreements, and purchase and sale of partnership and limited liability company interests.

Ms. Walker started her career in the international transaction taxation practice of a big four accounting firm. She went on to serve as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Judge Ronald Buch of the United States Tax Court.

Ms. Walker is a 2017 cum laude graduate of the Florida State University College of Law, where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Florida State University Law Review. In 2020, she received an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she was a graduate student editor for the Florida Tax Review.

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • Florida
  • U.S. Tax Court

Education

  • University of Florida Levin College of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2020
    - Graduate Student Editor, Florida Tax Review
  • Florida State University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2017
    - Editor-in-Chief, Florida State University Law Review

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2023-present
  • Greenberg Traurig PA
    - Associate, 2022-2023
  • U.S. Tax Court
    - Judicial Clerk to the Hon. Ronald Buch, 2020-2021

Professional Activities

  • Florida Bar, Tax Section
    - Committee Director, 2022-2024

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
    - IRS Certified Tax Preparation Assistant

Selected Publications