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James E. Long Jr.

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jelong@bradley.com
Birmingham P: 205.521.8626 F: 205.488.6626
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  • Bradley Attorneys Bruce Ely and Jimmy Long Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Alabama Taxpayer Bill of Rights
    1/6/2025
    Firm News
  • Bradley Attorneys Featured in Law360 Tax Authority article on SALT in Review
    8/15/2022
    Law360 Tax Authority
    Media Mention
  • Jimmy Long Quoted in the BBJ About Alabama’s Historic Tax Credits
    9/7/2021
    Birmingham Business Journal
    Media Mention
Publications
  • Alabama Legislature Wraps Up Productive Session on Business Tax Bills
    5/23/2025
    SALT Alert: Alabama Edition
    Client Alert
  • Mobile Workforce/Remote Worker Legislation Could Impact Your Business
    4/16/2025
    SALT Alert: Alabama Edition
    Client Alert
  • Guest notebook: Bradley partners offer predictions for spring Alabama tax legislation
    1/30/2025
    Birmingham Business Journal
    Authored Article
Past Events
  • State And Local Taxation Primer/Refresher
    8/6/2025
    Council On State Taxation (COST)
    Event
  • Alabama Tax Leadership Roundtable
    12/3/2024
    Q4 Tax Leadership Roundtable
    Webinar
  • 2024 Recent Developments in Alabama Taxes and a Survey of Some SALT Traps for the Unwary (Client or CPA)
    10/23/2024
    SALT Update – ASCPA Webinar
    Webinar
Area(s) of Focus
  • Tax
  • State & Local Tax
  • Economic Development & Renewable Energy
  • Tax Controversy & Litigation
  • Tax Credits
  • University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2006, cum laude
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M. (Taxation), 2007
  • Auburn University, B.S., Finance, 2003, cum laude
  • Alabama
  • United States Tax Court
  • Supreme Court of Alabama

American Bar Association Section of Taxation

State and Local Tax Committee

Chair of Incentives Subcommittee

American Institute on Federal Taxation

Board of Trustees

Alabama State Bar Association

Birmingham Bar Association

Birmingham Tax Forum

University of Alabama Federal Tax Clinic, Board of Directors

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Listed in Chambers USA, Tax, 2024-2025 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® Economic Development Law, 2024-2026 Tax Law, 2016-2026 Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," Tax, 2016-2021 Listed in Birmingham Business Journal, NextGenBHM: Law Awards, 2020 Represented cellular service provider in a dispute with the Alabama Department of Revenue regarding adjustments to the taxpayer’s net operating loss carryforwards. The adjustments resulted in denied refund claims that were appealed to the Alabama Tax Tribunal, and the parties reached a favorable settlement regarding the refund calculation. State of Alabama v. Motiva Enterprises LLC, CV 2009-900959 (Jefferson Co. Cir. Ct., Jan 30. 2013) Upheld Alabama Department of Revenue Administrative Law Division ruling voiding an assessment of wholesale oil license tax or “WOLF” on a distributor where ADOR attempted to impose new record-keeping requirements retroactively that would have been practically impossible for the taxpayer to comply with and possibly violated federal antitrust laws. Staged Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast Corp. from General Electric Company Valued at $16.7 Billion (2011, 2013) Advised General Electric with respect to multi-state tax ramifications of the acquisition. GKN Westland Aerospace, Inc. v. State Department of Revenue, Admin. Law Div. Dkt. No. BIT. 10-988 (July 25, 2011) Voiding final assessments entered against the taxpayer and upholding its calculation of the IRC section 199, Domestic Production Activities Deduction, on a separate company basis for Alabama corporate income tax purposes. HealthSouth Corporation et al. v. State Dep’t of Revenue, Case No. CV 09-902941 (Jefferson County Cir. Ct. Nov. 24, 2010) Affirming ruling by Administrative Law Division that granted the taxpayer’s corporate income tax refund and related net operating loss adjustments attributable to federal audit changes. Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc. v. State Dep’t of Revenue, Case No. CV-2008-900755 (Montgomery Co. Cir. Ct. Aug. 4, 2009) Granting taxpayer’s motion for summary judgment affirming ruling by Administrative Law Division ruling that the taxpayer’s gain from the sale of its affiliate stock was properly classified as non-business income (and non-unitary). AT&T Corporation v. Surtees, 8 So. 3d 950 (Ala. Ct. Civ. App. 2008) Represented AT&T in an appeal of an Alabama business privilege and corporate shares tax assessment in which a part of both statutory schemes was held unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause by the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and by the circuit court on remand.
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