After a four year hiatus from compiling an annual list of career moves by Tax Professors (see links below for 2004-05 to 2015-16), here is a list of (1) visiting assistant professor hires; (2) entry-level hires; (3) lateral moves; (4) promotions, tenures, chairs, and professorships; (5) administrative appointments: (6) visits; and (7) retirements involving tax professors in 2016-2020. (Email me any omissions.)
VAP Hires
- Jeremy Bearer-Friend (Tax Counsel, Office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren) to NYU (2017)
- Jonathan Choi (Wachtell, Lipon, Rosen & Katz, New York) to NYU (2018)
- Edward Fox to NYU (2017)
- Gaga Rachel Gondwe (Skadden) to NYU (2020)
- Jonathan Grossberg (Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia) to American (2016)
- Ariel Jurow Kleiman to NYU (2016)
- Orli Oren-Kolbinger (Michigan Grotius Research Scholar, Michigan) to Villanova (2017)
- Jeesoo Nam (Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles) to NYU (2019)
- Tracey Roberts (VAP, UC-Hastings) to Cumberland (2016)
- Kyle Rozema (Fellow, Northwestern) to Chicago (2017)
- Blaine Saito (U.S. Department of Justice) to Harvard (2018)
Entry Level Hires
- Andrew Appleby (Adjunct Professor, New York Law School) to Stetson (2018)
- Jeremy Bearer-Friend (VAP, NYU) to George Washington (2019)
- Jonathan Choi (Fellow, NYU) to Minnesota (2020)
- Edward Fox (Fellow, NYU) to Michigan (2018)
- Ari Glogower (VAP, NYU) to Ohio State (2016)
- Jacob Goldin (Faculty Fellow, Stanford) to Stanford (2017)
- Jonathan Grossberg (Practitioner-in-Residence, American) to Robert Morris (2018)
- Mindy Herzfeld to Florida (2017)
- Hayes Holderness (VAP, Chicago) to Richmond (2017)
- Samuel Kan to Barry (2017)
- Ariel Jurow Kleiman (VAP, NYU) to San Diego (2018)
- Christine Kim (Caplin & Drysdale, Washington D.C.) to Utah (2017)
- Michelle Layser (Fellow, Georgetown) to Illinois (2018)
- Jennifer Levine (Wiggin and Dana LLP, Stamford) to Quinnipiac (2018)
- Zachary Liscow to Yale (2016)
- Fred Murray (Managing Director of International Tax Services, Grant Thornton LLP) to Florida (2017)
- Tracey Roberts (VAP, Cumerland) to Cumberland (2016)
- Rebecca Rosenberg to Ohio Northern (2017)
- Kyle Rozema (Fellow, Chicago) to Washington Univ. (2019)
- Blaine Saito (VAP, Harvard) to Northeastern (2020)
- Christine Spiedel (Vermont Legal Aid) to Villanova (2018)
- Clint Wallace (VAP, NYU) to South Carolina (2017)
- Eleanor Wilking (AAP, NYU) to Cornell (2020)
Lateral Moves
- Ted Afield (Ave Maria) to Georgia State (2016)
- Josh Blank (NYU) to UC-Irvine (2017)
- Neil Buchanan (George Washington) to Florida (2019)
- Kimberly Clausing (Reed) to UCLA (2019)
- Tsilly Dagan (Bar-Ilan) to Oxford (2019)
- Joshua P. Fershee (West Virginia) to Creighton (2019)
- Kendra Fershee (West Virginia) to Creighton (2019)
- Vic Fleischer (San Diego) to UC-Irvine (2018)
- Keith Fogg (Villanova) to Harvard (2017)
- David Gamage (UC-Berkeley) to Indiana (2016)
- Philip Hackney (Louisiana State) to Pittsburgh (2018)
- Victoria Haneman (Concordia) to Creighton (2018)
- David Hasen (Colorado) to Florida (2017)
- Stephanie Hoffer (Ohio State) to Indiana-McKinney (2020)
- Rebecca Kysar (Brooklyn) to Fordham (2018)
- Sarah Lawsky (UC-Irvine) to Northwestern (2016)
- Goldburn Maynard (Louisville) to Indiana University Business School (2020)
- Khrista McCarden (Pepperdine) to Tulane (2018)
- Nick Mirkay (Creighton) to Hawaii (2017)
- Shu-Yi Oei (Tulane) to Boston College (2017)
- Leigh Osofsky (Miami) to North Carolina (2018)
- Gregg Polsky (North Carolina) to Georgia (2016)
- Michael Simkovic (Seton Hall) to USC (2016)
- Richard Winchester (Thomas Jefferson) to Seton Hall (2020)
- Del Wright (Valparaiso) to Missouri-Kansas City (2017)
Promotions, Tenures, Chairs, and Professorships
- Ted Afield (Georgia State) to Mark and Evelyn Trammell Associate Clinical Professor of Law (2018)
- Jordan Barry (San Diego) to University Professor (2019)
- Jordan Barry (San Diego) to Kaye and Richard Woltman Professor in Finance (2020)
- Tessa Davis (South Carolina) to Associate Professor of Law With Tenure (2018)
- Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego) to Herzog Endowed Scholar (2017)
- Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego) to University Professor (2020)
- Ari Glogower (Ohio State) to Associate Professor of Law With Tenure (2019)
- Jacob Goldin (Stanford) to Associate Professor of Law (2019)
- Victoria Haneman (Creighton) to Frank J. Kellegher Professor of Trusts & States (2019)
- Daniel Hemel (Chicago) to Professor of Law With Tenure (2020)
- Kristin Hickman (Minnesota) to McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor (2020)
- Hayes Holderness (Richmond) to Associate Professor of Law (2020)
- Michael Kelly (Creighton) to Senator Allen A. Sekt Endowed Chair in Law (2017)
- Raneta Mack (Creighton) to Skinner Family Professorship in Law (2017)
- Khrista McCarden (Tulane) to Associate Professor of Tax Law With Tenure (2019)
- Doron Narotzki (Akron) to Associate Professor of Law With Tenure (2020)
- Mary Pareja (New Mexico) to Don L. and Mabel F. Dickason Professor of Law With Tenure (2020)
- Tracey Roberts (Cumberland) to Associate Professor of Law (2020)
- Diane Uchimiya (Creighton) to Connie Kearney Endowed Chair in Clinical Legal Education (2020)
- Camilla E. Watson (Georgia) to Ernest P. Rogers Chair (2019)
- Sean Watts (Creighton) to James L. Koley ’54 Professor of Constitutional Law (2020)
- Bret Wells (Houston) to Law Foundation Professor of Law (2018)
- Elaine Wilson (West Virginia) to Full Professor of Law With Tenure (2017)
Administrative Appointments
- Jordan Barry (San Diego) to Co-Director, Graduate Tax Program (2018)
- Paul Caron (Associate Dean For Research And Faculty Development, Pepperdine) to Dean (2017)
- Adam Chodorow (Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Arizona State) to Vice Dean (2020)
- Joshua P. Fershee (West Virginia) to Dean (Creighton) (2019)
- Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego) to Co-Director, Graduate Tax Program (2018)
- Samantha Galvin (Associate Professor of the Practice of Taxation, Denver) named Director of Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (2020)
- Charlene Luke (Florida) to Associate Dean for Tax Programs (2018)
- Jack Manhire (Director of Program Development and Senior Lecturer in Law, Texas A&M) to Assistant Dean And Chief of Staff Of The I-School, And Assistant Vice President For Entrepreneurship And Economic Development (2017)
- Marty McMahon (James J. Freeland Eminent Scholar in Taxation, Florida) to Director, Graduate Tax Program (2016)
- Chris Pietruszkiewicz (Dean, Stetson) to President of University of Evansville (2018)
- Diane Uchimiya (LaVerne) to Director of Legal Clinics (Creighton) (2020)
- Elaine Wilson (West Virginia) to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2018)
Visits
- Dorothy Brown (Emory) to Pepperdine (Spring 2019)
- Steven Dean (Brooklyn) to NYU (Spring 2029 – Fall 2020)
- Bobby Dexter (Chapman) to Pepperdine (Spring 2020)
- David Elkins (Netanya) to Cornell (Spring 2020)
- Cliff Fleming (BYU) virtually to Vienna University of Economics and Business (October 7-9, 2020)
- Ben Leff (American) to Georgetown (Fall 2020)
Retirements
- Brookes Billman (NYU)
- Evelyn Brody (Chicago-Kent)
- G. Michael Fenner (Creighton)
- Catherine Mahern (Creighton)
- Jim Edward Maule (Villanova)
- Kenneth J. Melilli (Creighton)
- Mildred Robinson (Virginia)
- Deborah Schenk (NYU)
- George Yin (Virginia)
For prior years’ Tax Prof Moves, see:
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2020/08/tax-prof-moves-2016-20.html
