Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Tax Prof Spotlight
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The SMU Graduate Tax Program began more than 50 years ago and prospered under Dean Charles O. Galvin. Today, U.S. News ranks SMU among the Top 20 law schools in tax and among the Top 10 graduate tax programs. In recent years, the SMU Law Review has published a special tax issue, including Time, Tax,…
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The SMU Graduate Tax Program began more than 50 years ago and prospered under Dean Charles O. Galvin. Today, U.S. News ranks SMU among the Top 20 law schools in tax and among the Top 10 graduate tax programs. In recent years, the SMU Law Review has published a special tax issue, including Time, Tax,…
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The SMU Graduate Tax Program began more than 50 years ago and prospered under Dean Charles O. Galvin. Today, U.S. News ranks SMU among the Top 20 law schools in tax and among the Top 10 graduate tax programs. In recent years, the SMU Law Review has published a special tax issue, including Time, Tax,…
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The SMU Graduate Tax Program began more than 50 years ago and prospered under Dean Charles O. Galvin. Today, U.S. News ranks SMU among the Top 20 law schools in tax and among the Top 10 graduate tax programs. In recent years, the SMU Law Review has published a special tax issue, including Time, Tax,…
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Patricia C. Bradford (Marquette) B.A. 1977, SUNY-Buffalo J.D. 1981, Hastings If someone had told me when I entered law school that I would eventually spend my entire career as a tax professor, I would said, “Your crystal ball is broken.” First of all, when I entered law school, I…
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Janice Kay McClendon (Stetson) B.A. 1987, Texas J.D. 1996, Utah LL.M. (Tax) 1997, NYU Janice Kay McClendon graduated from University of Utah College of Law with honors in 1996 and received the degree of Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1997. While…
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Vada Waters Lindsey (Marquette) B.A. 1983, Michigan State J.D. 1988, DePaul LL.M. (Tax) 1992, Georgetown I went to law school to become a lobbyist. I majored in Political Science at Michigan State University and worked as a legislative aide for a Michigan State Senator prior to attending law school. I…
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José M. Gabilondo (Florida-International) B.A. 1987, Harvard J.D. 1991, Boalt Hall It all started with the tax benefit rule in Bobbie Barton’s “baby tax” when I was a 2L at Boalt. She asked about a deduction, and I said “but what about the tax benefit rule?” Brightening, Bobbie said, “What…
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Christian Johnson (Loyola-Chicago) B.A. 1984, Utah M.Pr.A. 1985, Utah J.D. 1990, Columbia I have always been interested in what tax does to a deal. After working for two years as a tax accountant at Price Waterhouse, however, I realized that tax lawyers did one hundred percent of the time,…
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Robert I. Keller (Maryland) B.S. 1963, Penn LL.B. 1966, Harvard Thirty five years of teaching and no regrets. I can’t imagine a better life. After majoring in accounting at the Wharton School, I actually entered law school (in 1963) with thoughts of being a tax lawyer. Bernie Wolfman’s course in basic…
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Kathryn L. Moore (Kentucky) A.B. 1983, Michigan J.D. 1988, Cornell I was exposed to tax at a very young age. When my brother and I were kids, my father would buy us ice cream. He never bought ice cream for himself, though. Instead, he charged us “tax” on our ice cream –…
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Randall W. Roth (Hawaii) B.S. 1970, Regis J.D. 1974, Denver LL.M. (Tax) 1975, Miami I remember two of my uncles laughing when I told them about my tax classes. They claimed never to have paid taxes. Looking back, I’m not sure if they were tax protestors,…
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Stephen W. Mazza (Kansas) B.S. 1989, Samford J.D. 1992, Alabama LL.M. (Tax) 1993, NYU It’s four degrees in Lawrence, Kansas as I write this: Four (4) degrees! For someone who spent the first 20-odd years of his life in Alabama, this is a shock. My people…
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Jeffrey A. Maine (Maine) B.B.A. 1989, Florida Atlantic M.B.A. 1990, Florida Atlantic J.D. 1993, Stetson LL.M. (Tax) 1994, Florida Having grown up as a Florida boy and receiving all my formal education there, I began teaching tax law at the age of 27. After completing the LL.M. program at…
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Anne-Marie Rhodes (Loyola-Chicago) B.A. 1973, Albertus Magnus College J.D. 1976, Harvard I have always thought that I am one of the lucky ones, for I love what I do. Dealing with students and providing opportunities for them provides continual satisfaction and challenges. My teaching focuses on estate planning, estate…
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Martin Dickinson (Kansas) B.A. 1960, Kansas M.A. 1961, Stanford J.D. 1964, Michigan When I graduated from law school, I had no interest in becoming a tax lawyer. Although my tax instructor (L. Hart Wright) was perhaps the most charismatic faculty member at Michigan, I didn’t find tax that interesting.…
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Myron Grauer (Capital) B.A. 1971, Vermont J.D. 1975, Pittsburgh LL.M. 1980, Yale My career path has been one of turning failure to reach my teenage ambitions into the greatest job a law-trained person could ever hope for (and perhaps, just as Al Gore claims responsibility for the existence…
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The Boston University Graduate Tax Program, established in 1959 as one of the first graduate tax programs in the nation, continues to be one of the best. It consistently ranks among the Top 10 tax programs. The program offers a broad and diverse curriculum, with five required courses and 33 electives and concentrations in three…
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The Boston University Graduate Tax Program, established in 1959 as one of the first graduate tax programs in the nation, continues to be one of the best. It consistently ranks among the Top 10 tax programs. The program offers a broad and diverse curriculum, with five required courses and 33 electives and concentrations in three…
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The Boston University Graduate Tax Program, established in 1959 as one of the first graduate tax programs in the nation, continues to be one of the best. It consistently ranks among the Top 10 tax programs. The program offers a broad and diverse curriculum, with five required courses and 33 electives and concentrations in three…
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The Boston University Graduate Tax Program, established in 1959 as one of the first graduate tax programs in the nation, continues to be one of the best. It consistently ranks among the Top 10 tax programs. The program offers a broad and diverse curriculum, with five required courses and 33 electives and concentrations in three…
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The Boston University Graduate Tax Program, established in 1959 as one of the first graduate tax programs in the nation, continues to be one of the best. It consistently ranks among the Top 10 tax programs. The program offers a broad and diverse curriculum, with five required courses and 33 electives and concentrations in three…
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The Boston University Graduate Tax Program, established in 1959 as one of the first graduate tax programs in the nation, continues to be one of the best. It consistently ranks among the Top 10 tax programs. The program offers a broad and diverse curriculum, with five required courses and 33 electives and concentrations in three…
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Elena Marty-Nelson (Nova) B.S. 1980, Miami J.D. 1983, Georgetown LL.M. (Tax) 1986, Georgetown I knew very early on that I wanted to be a lawyer and a teacher. I left Cuba as a child in the care of my grandparents. My grandfather–who helped raise me until I was reunited…
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Kimberly Stanley (Golden Gate) B.S. 1978, BYU J.D. 1985, George Washington LL.M. (Tax) 1989, Georgetown One of the joys of teaching Federal Income Tax in our JD program is seeing a student who has no particular connection to tax law come to the realization of how fun it can…