Faculty

Instruction in the Graduate Tax Program is provided by a faculty that combines a commitment to teaching with a body of knowledge accumulated through years of experience at the most sophisticated levels of tax theory and practice. Each of the tax scholars who are members of the full-time faculty of the School of Law has also had extensive experience in public and private tax practice. The adjunct faculty is comprised of distinguished tax practitioners, each with a passion for teaching, drawn from private law firms, accounting firms, and the Internal Revenue Service. Each member of the faculty is committed to building on the excellence of the Program and to the success of every Program participant.

Ernest M. Haddad

Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Director of the Graduate Tax Program

Dean Haddad is responsible for the School of Law’s Graduate Tax Program, Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, and American Law Program. Dean Haddad graduated from Trinity College in 1960 and Boston University School of Law in 1964. After two years of law firm practice, he returned to BUSL to serve as Assistant Dean. In 1971 he entered public service as Assistant Secretary-General Counsel in the newly created Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services, then in 1976 joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts as General Counsel.

In 1981, Dean Haddad became Secretary and General Counsel of The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the largest teaching hospital affiliate of Harvard Medical School. In 1995, when the MGH joined with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to create Partners HealthCare System, Inc., he became its first General Counsel and Secretary, participating in the creation of the largest academic health care and biomedical research organization in the country. After 21 years in these positions, he left to return once again to BUSL.

Dean Haddad is involved in a variety of bar and community service activities. Currently, he is a member of the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation, the International Institute of Boston, and the New England Legal Foundation. He recently completed several years of service as an officer and governing board member of the Boston Bar Association, and continues to serve as chairman of the BBA’s Audit Committee.

Exempt Organizations

Richard Ainsworth

Lecturer in Law
B.B.A., Boston College
J.D., Suffolk University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Mr. Ainsworth is currently tax counsel with Taxware Inc. He was formerly the Deputy Director of the International Tax Program at Harvard Law School, a Lecturer in Law, and Adjunct  Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. He is a Visiting Professor of American Tax Law at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, and a Fulbright Professor of Taxation at Kobe and Osaka Universities, Japan. He lectures on technical and tax modernization issues for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, United Nations Development Program, Tax Administration and Advisory Service (U.S. Treasury), and Japanese International Cooperation Agency. 

VAT and Other Consumption Taxes
Comparative Income Taxation

Martin S. Allen

Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., with honors, Northwestern University
J.D., Columbia University

Professor Allen, a partner in the Boston office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Nicholson Graham LLP, has practiced tax and business law for more than 30 years in Boston and Chicago. He has extensive experience in federal and state income taxation, including acquisitions and dispositions of businesses in taxable and tax-free transactions, private equity investments, bankruptcy reorganizations and workouts, business and personal tax planning, and tax audit defense and appeals. Professor Allen is the author of a unique book of cases and materials on tax issues in bankruptcies and workouts. He is a frequent speaker on tax subjects and has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1987. 

Bankruptcies and Workouts

Neil P. Arkuss

Lecturer in Law
A.B., University of Chicago
J.D., cum laude, New York University

Mr. Arkuss, a partner in the Boston law firm of Palmer & Dodge LLP, concentrates in federal income tax aspects of municipal finance. He represents issuers and underwriters, and purchasers of tax-exempt obligations, including financing for state and municipal government bodies, major public authorities, and state agencies. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation and has served as chairman of the ABA’s Committee on Tax Exempt Obligations. Mr. Arkuss is an active member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and over the years has served as president (’93–’94), chaired several committees, lectured on tax developments, and served on its Board of Directors. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2002.

Tax Exempt Financing

Kate J. Barton

Lecturer in Law
B.S., Boston University
J.D., magna cum laude, Boston University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Ms. Barton, the New England Area Tax Managing Partner for Ernst & Young LLP, serves as the tax coordinator for selected priority account tax clients. Since joining Ernst & Young in 1985, she has focused on helping private and public companies develop and implement tax minimization strategies. Ms. Barton’s area of specialization includes tax consulting for retail and consumer products companies. She is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Society of CPAs. She has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2003.

Tax Accounting

David B. Casten

Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., Queens College (CUNY)
J.D., Boston University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Professor Casten is a partner in the Providence office of KPMG LLP. His practice includes advising clients on the tax consequences of corporate organizations, reorganizations, acquisitions, and dispositions where the consolidated return regulations have effect. Professor Casten is a frequent lecturer on tax matters and has been a contributor to the Rhode Island Bar Journal. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Rhode Island and is a member of the Rhode Island Bar. Professor Casten has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1992.

Consolidated Corporations

George L. Cushing

Lecturer in Law
B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard University
J.D., cum laude, Harvard University

Mr. Cushing is a partner in the Boston office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Nicholson Graham LLP. His practice focuses on estate planning and estate administration, including related income, estate and gift tax planning, tax return preparation, tax controversies, and probate litigation. His practice also includes related areas, such as representing owners of closely-held businesses; preparation of Buy-Sell Agreements and voting trust arrangements; preparation of Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies; real estate transactions, including nominee trusts; antenuptial agreements; advice concerning retirement plan and individual retirement account decision-making, including tax options relating to retirement and death benefits; advice concerning establishment of tax-exempt charitable foundations in both trust and corporate form, and advice to individuals and trustees concerning the administration of charitable entities. He frequently writes and lectures on a variety of these topics.

Estate Planning—Advanced

Joseph B. Darby III

Lecturer in Law
B.S., magna cum laude, University of Illinois
J.D., cum laude, Harvard University

Mr. Darby is the head of the tax department in the Boston office of Greenberg Traurig LLP. He is an accomplished lecturer and author on various topics related to U.S. federal income taxation. His publications include books and outlines on numerous tax topics including Taxation of C Corporations; Living and Dying with an S Corporation; and IRS Audits, Appeals, and Collections Strategies. Mr. Darby is also a former award-winning sports writer. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2003.

Taxation of Intellectual Property I
Taxation of Intellectual Property II
Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business

David S. Davenport

Adjunct Professor of Law
A.B., magna cum laude, Amherst College
J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard  University

David S. Davenport is Deputy General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. His career has included partnerships at major law firms including Ropes & Gray; Choate, Hall & Stewart; and McDermott, Will & Emery, where he headed the Boston tax practice. His practice has spanned federal, state, and international tax law, with concentrations in mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, software and intellectual property, and state and federal tax controversy matters. Professor Davenport also has taught federal, state, and international tax law at Boston College Law School and guest lectured at the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has written and lectured on a variety of tax topics. He is a prior chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Tax Section as well as its State Tax Committee and International Tax Committee, and of the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations.

Federal Income Taxation II

Alan L. Feld

Professor of Law
B.A., magna cum laude, Columbia University
J.D., cum laude, Harvard University

Professor Feld has been a member of the full-time faculty since 1971. He has taught courses in the areas of tax law, law and the arts, non-profit organizations, and the legislative process. In 2002, Professor Feld received the School’s Michael Melton award for excellence in teaching. He has served as a visiting professor at Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania, and as professor-in-residence at the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. Before coming to Boston University, he practiced tax and corporate law in the New York law firms of Barrett Knapp Smith & Shapiro, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Professor Feld has testified before a number of congressional committees on issues surrounding tax laws. He is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He has published numerous articles in the nation’s leading tax journals and has coauthored a study of the relationship between the tax system and arts  policy. 

Charitable Giving
Exempt Organizations
Tax Policy Seminar

Robert Finkel

Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., cum laude, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
J.D., Boston University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Professor Finkel is counsel to the law firm of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C. He has more than 20 years of experience as a tax and business lawyer and concentrates in individual and business taxation. Professor Finkel also represents clients in audits and other controversies before the Internal Revenue Service, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, and other taxing authorities, as well as in all phases of litigation before the United States Tax Court and the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board. Professor Finkel was the co-chair of the Tax Controversies Group at Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, and was a Senior Trial Attorney with the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service. He is co-chair of the Tax Controversies Committee of the Boston Bar Association’s Tax Section, and has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1994. Professor Finkel will be on leave teaching in Israel during 2005/2006.

Introduction to Partnership Tax
Tax Planning Seminar

Stephen D. Fisher

Lecturer in Law
B.A., with distinction, Swarthmore College
J.D., cum laude, Harvard University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Mr. Fisher is Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Fidelity Investments in Boston, where he is head of the Mutual Fund Tax Group in the Legal Department. Mr. Fisher has extensive experience in the creation, negotiation and analysis of complex financial products, and is actively involved in structuring non-standard investment vehicles. He has worked with Congressional, Treasury and IRS personnel on numerous tax-related legislative and regulatory items affecting the financial services industry. Before joining Fidelity in 1993, Mr. Fisher was an associate in the tax department of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar. He is a member of the Investment Company Institute’s Tax Committee.

Taxation of Financial Instruments

David J. Flanagan

Lecturer in Law
B.A., University of Florida
M.A., University of Virginia
J.D., University of Georgia

Mr. Flanagan is the in-house international tax manager for Teradyne Corporation, where he is responsible for the design and implementation of international corporate tax strategies involving global management of intangible property, tax efficient leveraging, cash flow and transaction flow management, minimization of Subpart F risks, transfer pricing, and foreign tax credit planning. He was previously with the international tax practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Boston, and had similar roles in KPMG’s Boston and Moscow offices. Mr. Flanagan has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2003.

International Taxation III—Advanced International Tax Issues

Russell A. Gaudreau, Jr.

Adjunct Professor of Law
B.B.A., University of Massachusetts
J.D., cum laude, Suffolk University
LL.M. in Taxation, New York University

Professor Gaudreau, a partner in the law firm of Ropes and Gray LLP, heads the firm’s employee benefits consulting and actuarial services. Formerly the managing partner of the Ropes and Gray Washington, DC, office, he now practices in the firm’s offices in Boston and Washington, DC. Professor Gaudreau, who has concentrated on retirement plan and executive benefit matters for 34 years, is a director and founder of the New England Benefits Counsel. Professor Gaudreau, who has been a member of the faculty of the Boston University School of Law Graduate Tax Program since 1982, also serves as a member of the adjunct faculty at Georgetown University Law Center. He has written and spoken extensively on employee benefits and tax matters. 

Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans

TOP OF PAGE

David H. Halpert

Lecturer in Law
A.B., magna cum laude, University of Michigan
J.D., cum laude, Harvard University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Mr. Halpert is a partner in the Boston office of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C. He concentrates his practice in the area of business taxation and finance, including tax planning for mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, facilities finance, executive compensation, venture capital transactions, and insolvency proceedings. Mr. Halpert has published in the New York University Federal Tax Institute Proceedings and the Boston Bar Journal and has lectured frequently at the Federal Tax Institute of New England. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1995. 

Introduction to Partnership Tax

Patricia J. Jabar

Lecturer in Law
B.A., McGill University
M.B.A., University of Maine
J.D., cum laude, New England School of Law
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Ms. Jabar is the Managing Partner of the Northeast Tax Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, based in Boston. Her own practice is focused on financial services, including private equity, real estate, and investment management. Ms. Jabar, who is also a Certified Public Accountant, has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1999. 

Partnership Taxation–Advanced
Subchapter S Corporations

Christopher M. Jedrey

Lecturer in Law
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Massachusetts
A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
J.D., cum laude, Boston College

Mr. Jedrey is a partner in the Boston office of McDermott, Will & Emery, co-partner in charge of its Boston Health Law practice, and national co-chairman of its Academic Medical Center practice. He concentrates his practice in federal and state health care regulatory matters, including anti-kickback and Stark law requirements. His practice also focuses on federal, state, and local tax exemption requirements, and charitable trust and corporation law. Mr. Jedrey’s extensive teaching experience includes appointments as a liberal arts fellow at Harvard Law School in 1980–1981, and more recently as a visiting lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Boston University School of Management. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2002.

Tax and Governance Issues Confronting the Tax-Exempt Health Care Industry

Marvis A. Knospe

Lecturer in Law
B.A., Lawrence University
M.A., University of Wisconsin
J.D., Boston University
M.B.A., Boston University

Ms. Knospe is Associate Area Counsel with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel in Manhattan. She was formerly Senior Attorney and International Field Counsel with Chief Counsel’s Large and Mid-Size Business Division in Boston, where she represented the IRS in all phases of litigation. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Knospe worked on international health and nutrition projects as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua and as a Program Officer with the Agency for International Development in Costa Rica. She has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1997.

Tax Litigation Seminar

Joseph E. Ladocsi

Lecturer in Law
B.A., Colgate University
J.D., Boston University
LL.M. in Taxation, New York University

Mr. Ladocsi, an associate in the Boston office of Sullivan & Worcester LLP, concentrates his practice in tax law, including work in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions of assets, restructurings, and joint ventures. He previously worked as an associate tax consultant with Ernst & Young and has clerked with the State Tax Court in New Jersey. Mr. Ladocsi is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He currently holds membership in the American and Boston Bar Associations, and has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2001.

Corporate Reorganizations

Melissa Langa

Lecturer in Law
B.A., Rutgers University
J.D., American University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Ms. Langa is a shareholder at the Boston law firm of Bove & Langa, P.C. She concentrates her practice in advanced domestic and international estate planning, wealth protection strategies, charitable giving, and closely held businesses, including succession planning. Ms. Langa has published numerous works in the area of estate and tax planning. She has lectured at programs presented by the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Boston Estate Planning Council. She has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2000.

Estate Planning

TOP OF PAGE

Charles W. Maurer, Jr.

Lecturer in Law
B.S., Iowa State University
J.D., Harvard University

Mr. Maurer is an attorney with the Internal Revenue Service in Boston. He is the Service’s Industry Counsel for Property and Casualty Insurance, for Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Health Insurance, and for Captive and Offshore Insurance Transactions, and is involved in the development and litigation of issues arising in those industries. He has been a member of the faculty since 1998.

Federal Income Taxation I
Taxation of Insurance Companies

Vincent J. Mayer

Mr. Mayer is an International Tax Partner with the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Mayer’s fifteen years of tax consulting experience has included structuring and restructuring the global operations of multinational businesses, planning the tax-efficient acquisition and financing of foreign operations and repatriation of foreign earnings. He has dealt extensively with U.S. anti-deferral regimes, foreign tax credit optimization strategies, and hybrid entity planning. Mr. Mayer has also advised many foreign corporations regarding their U.S. investments on issues including tax treaty matters, repatriation and financing techniques, cross-border withholding tax management, and FIRPTA. Mr. Mayer is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the AICPA, MSCPA, and the International Fiscal  Association. 

International Taxation II–Outbound U.S. Taxation: The Foreign Tax Credit and Subpart F

Frederick P. McClure

Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., Trinity College
J.D., Suffolk University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Professor McClure is a senior partner and chair of the corporate practice group of Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, and concentrates in executive compensation, pension, and employee benefits law. He has lectured extensively and is a member of the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section and several subcommittees dealing with employee benefits. Mr. McClure, who is listed in the publication Best Lawyers in America, has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1980. 

Executive Compensation

Harry S. Miller

Lecturer in Law
B.A., Johns Hopkins University
J.D., LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Mr. Miller is a partner in the Boston law firm of Perkins, Smith & Cohen LLP, and is the chair of their trusts and estates department. His practice focuses on wealth transfer, estate planning and taxation, as well as stockbroker/customer disputes, investment fraud, and securities arbitration and litigation. Mr. Miller has written numerous articles and has been a frequent speaker and panelist at various securities, tax, and estate planning programs. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Association, where he has served on the Executive Council, Probate Section. Mr. Miller is co-chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Brookline and is active in many charitable and community organizations. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2002.

Estate and Gift Taxation

Stephen N. Mosha

Lecturer in Law
LL.B., with 1st class honors,
University of Dar es Salaam
Dip.LP., Law Development Center in Uganda
LL.M., Harvard University

Mr. Mosha is a Senior International Tax Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He has also studied in the International Tax Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and the Law School. Mr. Mosha has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2002. 

International Taxation II—Outbound U.S. Taxation: The Foreign Tax Credit and Subpart F

Donald T. Nowill

Mr. Nowill is a tax partner with the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He has experience serving a broad range of clients and industries, including real estate, financial services, multi-national companies, and private equity funds. He has worked extensively in the areas of partnership and corporate taxation, REIT taxation, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and partnership restructuring transactions. He is a member of the New York Bar and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and Massachusetts.

Introduction to Corporate Tax
Introduction to Partnership Tax

Jeremiah O’Sullivan

Lecturer in Law
B.S., Bentley College
J.D., New England School of Law

Mr. O’Sullivan is Senior Appeals Officer in the Boston office of the Internal Revenue Service. He focuses on complex cases which include valuation issues involving nationally known sports franchises, international taxation issues with competent authority requests, and developing issues such as lease stripping. Mr. O’Sullivan has lectured extensively throughout the IRS and is an adjunct professor in Suffolk University’s Master of Science in Taxation Program. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Tax Practice and Procedure

William W. Park

Professor of Law
B.A., Yale University
J.D., Columbia University
M.A., University of Cambridge

Professor Park, a full-time member of the faculty, is recognized worldwide for his work in international dispute resolution. He is the author of several books on the legal aspects of cross-border business, including a treatise on income tax treaty arbitration co-authored with David Tillinghast. Early in his career, Professor Park practiced law in Paris and taught at Cambridge University in England. He has also taught at Université de Dijon, the University of Hong Kong, and the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva. He is vice president of the London Court of International Arbitration, chairman of the ABA International Commercial Dispute Resolution Committee, and a member of the NAFTA Financial Services Roster. He serves on the London-based Appeals Tribunal for the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims and is also Co-Rapporteur for the International Fiscal Association study of tax treaty dispute resolution. From 1998 to 2002, Professor Park was one of the four American arbitrators on the Claims Tribunal in Zürich established to adjudicate claims to the so-called “Holocaust Accounts” in Swiss banks.

Taxation of International Trade, Investment, and Finance
(International Tax I)

Brainard L. Patton

Lecturer in Law
B.S.B.A., University of Tennessee
J.D., Boston University

Mr. Patton is a practicing tax attorney, most recently with the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He previously spent fifteen years with several Fortune 150 companies, including Asea Brown Boveri, in Stamford, CT, where he was International Tax Director. During an earlier part of his career, he and his family lived for twelve years in Belgium, France, and England. Mr. Patton is the former Vice President for the U.S. Branch of the International Fiscal Association, heading the New England Region. He previously was two-term president of the International Tax Association in New York. He has also been Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace University in White Plains, NY, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the M.S.T. Program at Bentley College. Mr. Patton has lectured and published extensively on international tax topics. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1999.

International Taxation III—Advanced International Tax Issues

Ameek A. Ponda

Lecturer in Law
B.A., summa cum laude, Harvard University
J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard University
LL.M. in Taxation, Valedictorian, Boston University

Ameek A. Ponda is a partner and co-director of Sullivan & Worcester’s Tax Department in the firm’s Boston office. He concentrates his practice in structuring corporate mergers and acquisitions, advising start-up and emerging companies on financing and business issues, and designing REIT transactions and financial instruments. He has written and lectured extensively in the tax field. Mr. Ponda was admitted to practice in Massachusetts in 1992 and is a member of the Boston, Massachusetts, and American Bar Associations. He is also a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, a charter member and former Secretary of The Indus Entrepreneurs-Boston, and an editor for the Peace and Democracy in South Asia Journal. Born in Bombay, India, Mr. Ponda is fluent in Urdu and Hindi, and he teaches spoken and written Hindi at Shishu Bharati, the Indian Sunday school in the Boston area. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1996. 

REITs, RICs, and REMICs

Matthew D. Schnall

Lecturer in Law
A.B., magna cum laude, Harvard University
J.D., cum laude, Harvard University

Mr. Schnall, a partner in the Boston office of Bingham McCutchen LLP, handles a diverse range of business-related tax matters and has extensive experience with state tax controversies. He lectures frequently on subjects in federal and state tax law. Mr. Schnall has served as co-chair of the Tax Section of the Boston Bar Association and as chair of its State Tax Committee. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2003.

State and Local Taxation

Theodore S. Sims

Professor of Law
B.A., Columbia University
J.D., cum laude, University of Chicago
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor Sims joined the full-time faculty in 1996. He has taught at George Washington University School of Law, served as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, and taught in the New York University/Internal Revenue Service Continuing Legal Education Program. He has also made presentations to the Harvard Law School Tax Group, the National Tax Association, and the American Law and Economics Association. Before coming to Boston University, Professor Sims clerked for Judge John Godbold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit, practiced with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, DC, and spent several years in the Office of Tax Policy of the U.S. Treasury, to which he subsequently served as a consultant. Professor Sims’s recent writing includes work on game theory, the relationship between tax-motivated behavior and stock market returns, the treatment of cancellation of indebtedness income, the characteristics of tax deferral, and the treatment of financial instruments. 

Taxation of Financial Instruments
Tax Policy

Wayne E. Smith

Lecturer in Law
B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, Suffolk University
J.D., cum laude, Suffolk University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Mr. Smith is a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, as well as the Tax Practice Leader for their Tech Venture Center in Boston. In his practice he provides tax consultation to high-tech clients dealing with alternative financings, corporate acquisitions/dispositions, compensation arrangements, and other corporate tax matters. Mr. Smith is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Bar Association, and the Christian Legal Society. Mr. Smith has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2002.

Introduction to Corporate Tax
Corporate Reorganizations

Robert G. Stewart

Adjunct Professor of Law
B.S.M.E., magna cum laude, University of Notre Dame
J.D., cum laude, Harvard University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Professor Stewart is the author of articles published in the New England Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Legislation, and the Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law. In addition to his 20 years teaching in the Graduate Tax Program, he has lectured extensively on taxation and trusts and estates for the Boston Tax Institute, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., and the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Professor Stewart is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is in private practice in Gloucester, MA. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty of the Graduate Tax Program since 1985 and is also an Adjunct Professor in the J.D. program at Boston University, teaching Trusts and Estates.

Taxation of Trusts and Fiduciaries
Introduction to Corporate Tax
Tax Planning Seminar

Robert A. Thompson

Lecturer in Law
A.B., summa cum laude, Bowdoin College
J.D., Columbia University
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Mr. Thompson is a member of the Business Group and Business Tax Team in the Boston office of Nixon Peabody LLP. He concentrates his practice in planning for business transactions, including private equity acquisitions, sales, recapitalizations, leveraged acquisitions, and reorganizations. Previously, he chaired the tax practice group at Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association and Boston Bar Association. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2002. 

Tax Planning Seminar

David I. Walker

Associate Professor of Law
B.E., summa cum laude, Vanderbilt University
J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard University

David Walker joined the faculty of Boston University School of Law in the fall of 2002. He teaches courses in corporations, taxation, executive compensation, and law and economics. Recent publications include “Is Equity Compensation Tax Advantaged?” published in the Boston University Law Review and “Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation,” co-authored with Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried, and published in the University of Chicago Law Review. Upon graduation from Harvard Law School (where he was a recipient of the John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics), he clerked for Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and then returned to Harvard Law School for a year as an Olin Fellow. Immediately prior to his arrival at Boston University, Professor Walker was an associate in the tax department at Ropes & Gray. Before attending law school, Professor Walker enjoyed a varied career in the oil industry that included roles as a chemical engineer, crude oil trader, and assistant to the president of BP Oil Company, the U.S. arm of British Petroleum.

Robert J. Weber, Jr.

Lecturer in Law
B.S., Boston College
J.D., Boston College
LL.M. in Taxation, Boston University

Mr. Weber is a partner in Ernst & Young’s New England Area Technology Tax practice. He has extensive experience in providing tax services to public and privately held technology and communications companies, coordinating multinational tax engagements, and serving technology companies in varying states of growth. He assists clients with U.S. federal, international, and state and local taxation; mergers and acquisitions; tax accounting matters; and tax function improvement. Mr. Weber is a member of the American Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 2003.

Tax Accounting

Charles A. Wry, Jr.

Lecturer in Law
B.S., Cornell University
J.D., Boston College
LL.M. in Taxation, New York University

Mr. Wry is a stockholder and director of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., a business law firm that specializes in start-ups, financings, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and technology. In particular, he has extensive experience in representing parties to taxable and tax-deferred transactions. Mr. Wry is a member of the state bars of Massachusetts and Arizona. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1999. 

Property Transactions—Advanced
Federal Income Taxation II
Tax Planning Seminar

Jonathan M. Zorn

Adjunct Professor of Law
A.B., Indiana University
Ph.D., Indiana University
J.D., Yale University

Professor Zorn is a partner in the Boston office of Ropes & Gray LLP. He concentrates his practice in tax and employee benefits and has been a frequent participant in programs and panel discussions in both areas. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty since 1988.

Pensions and Deferred Compensation: Selected Topics
Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans

TOP OF PAGE