David I. Walker

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

Interests: taxation; corporations; executive compensation; law and economics

David Walker joined the faculty of BU Law in the fall of 2002. He teaches courses in corporations, taxation, executive compensation and law and economics, and his research and writing reflect those interests.  Recent projects include “The Manager’s Share,” published in the William and Mary Law Review and “Is Equity Compensation Tax Advantaged?” published in the Boston University Law Review.

Professor Walker is a 1998 graduate of Harvard Law School and a recipient of the School’s John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics. Upon graduation, he clerked for Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the U.S. 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 BU Law, Professor Walker was an associate in the tax department at Ropes & Gray, where he had a general tax practice with an emphasis on executive compensation.

Before attending law school, Professor Walker enjoyed an interesting and 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.