Mitchell Gans has been voted one of the 2008-2009 Teachers of the Year by Hofstra University students.  From the press release:

Mitchell Gans, JD, is the Steven A. Horowitz Distinguished Professor of Tax Law at Hofstra. Before joining the law school faculty, he had been an associate in the Tax and Trust and Estates Departments at the New York City law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and law clerk to Associate Judge Jacob D. Fuchsberg, New York State Court of Appeals. He is an Academic Fellow at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law.