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The faculty of the Tax Program is comprised of seven full-time
tax professors and 16 adjunct professors. The full-time
professors have extensive research experience and practical expertise in their
areas of specialization. They have also published extensively, authoring numerous
treatises, casebooks, and articles in academic and professional journals.
The Program's adjunct tax faculty is equally noteworthy. Its members are leading practitioners from top firms who work on the cutting edge of evolving tax law. In addition to possessing impressive academic credentials, most have published on the subjects they teach and are experienced classroom teachers.
Full-time FacultyThomas Brennan Ilan Benshalom
David L. Cameron, Charlotte Crane,
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Philip F. Postlewaite, Nancy C. Staudt Robert R. Wootton
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Robert H. Aland, former tax partner, Baker & McKenzie and KPMG LLP Vincent M. Aquilino, partner, Ungaretti and Harris William C. Golden, former tax partner, Sidley and Austin Mark A. Banks-Golub, Ernst and Young John Comeau, Senior Trial Attorney, Internal Revenue Service Kenneth L. Harris, partner, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg Andrea S. Kramer, partner, McDermott, Will & Emery Fred O. Marcus, partner, Horwood Marcus & Berk
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Michael S. Melbinger, partner, Winston & Strawn Thomas G. Opferman, partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Paul C. Pencak, Ernst & Young Suzanne L. Shier, Partner, Chapman & Cutler Charles A. Redd, partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Steven M. Surdell, Ernst and Young Anna M. Voortman, Ernst and Young Lowell Yoder, Partner, McDermott, Will and Emory |
Adjunct Faculty Profiles
Robert H. Aland, a tax partner at Baker & McKenzie in Chicago for more than 30 years and at KPMG LLP in Chicago for 2 years, has specialized in federal income taxation with an emphasis on international tax planning and tax controversies. He has represented taxpayers in numerous cases before Appeals Offices of the Internal Revenue Service and in numerous docketed and decided cases in the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and various federal circuit courts of appeal. Mr. Aland has written numerous articles on international tax and tax controversy topics and is a frequent conference speaker and panel-discussion participant on these topics. He received his JD from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and of the editorial board of the Alabama Law Review, and his LLM in Taxation from the New York University, where he was a member of the editorial board of the Tax Law Review. He teaches Tax Audits, Appeals, and Litigation.
Vincent M. Aquilino, a partner with Ungaretti and Harris, is the head of the firm’s tax department and specializes in the taxation of financial products. He is the co-author of a book and a treatise on the taxation of financial derivatives. See Aquilino and Conlon, Principles of Financial Derivatives: U.S. and International Taxation (Warren, Gorham & Lamont 1999). Mr. Aquilino received his MBA from DePaul University and his JD, cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law and is a member of the Order of the Coif. Along with Ms. Kramer, he teaches Taxation of Financial Derivatives.
Mark A. Banks-Golub, is a senior manager in the Transaction Advisory Services group at Ernst & Young, LLP in Chicago. He represents clients in the purchase and sale of business enterprises, advises clients on restructuring consolidated groups and other complex mutli-entity structures, and advises troubled businesses in bankruptcies and workouts. Mr. Banks-Golub has practiced in the corporate tax area, specializing in mergers & acquisitions, corporate tax, and transactions for 20 years. He has lectured and written on tax topics extensively and teaches consolidated returns and advanced corporate tax topics as part of Ernst & Young's internal education program. He is the former chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Federal Taxation Committee and is an active member of the American Bar Associations Section of Taxation. He received his JD from IIT/ Chicago Kent and his LLM from the University of Houston. Mr. Banks-Golub teaches Consolidated Returns.
John Comeau has been a Senior Trial Attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service in Chicago since 1985. During this time, he has litigated numerous cases before the United States Tax Court. From 1985 to 1986, he was an attorney with the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, DC. He received his JD and his LLM from DePaul University. He teaches Tax Procedure.
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William C. Golden, a former tax partner at Sidley and Austin in Chicago for over 30 years, is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law. Prior to entering private practice, he was a trial attorney for the Tax Division of the Department of Treasury, an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Tax Legislative Counsel of the Treasury Department, and an Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University. Mr. Golden has previously taught courses in taxation at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin. He teaches Tax Exempt Organizations.
Kenneth L. Harris is a partner with Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg and chairs the firm's tax practice. Mr. Harris specializes in the federal income tax aspects of corporate divestitures and acquisitions, partnership transactions, and tax planning strategies. He is a co-author of "Standards of Tax Practice" (Tax Analysts, 2004), along with Bernard Wolfman of Harvard University and James Holden of Steptoe & Johnson, and is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Taxation of Corporate Transactions (CCH). He earned his JD from the University of Chicago and his LLM from New York University. Mr. Harris teaches Tax Ethics, Opinions, and Penalties during the fall semester.
Andrea
S. Kramer, a partner with McDermott, Will & Emery, is
the head of the firm's financial products, trading, and derivatives group.
She has written numerous articles and publications on energy trading and
derivative financial products and is the author of a treatise on the taxation
of financial products. See Kramer, Financial Products: Taxation, Regulation,
and Design (Panel Publishers, 3d ed., 2000). Ms. Kramer received her J.D.,
cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law and has taught courses
on financial derivatives at Northwestern Law as an adjunct professor. Along
with Mr. Aquilino, she teaches Taxation of Financial Derivatives.
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Fred O. Marcus, partner and chair of the state and local practice group at Horwood Marcus & Berk, is a leading practitioner in the area of state income, franchise, sales and use taxes. He has authored several articles on state taxation and five BNA Tax Management Portfolios. See, e.g., Marcus, Limitations on the States' Jurisdiction to Impose Net Income Based Taxes (BNA, 1994). Mr. Marcus received his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law and has taught there as an adjunct professor. He teaches State and Local Taxation.
Michael S. Melbinger, a partner with Winston & Strawn, is the global head of the firm's employee benefits and executive compensation department. He lectures extensively on executive compensation, retirement plan design, fiduciary issues, health benefit plans, and health care reform and is the author of numerous articles and books on these topics. See Melbinger, Executive Compensation (CCH, forthcoming 2003). He is also the Contributing Editor of Thompson Publishing's Flex Plan Handbook and is on the editorial board of Practical Tax Strategies. Mr. Melbinger graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law. He teaches Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits.
Thomas
G. Opferman, a partner with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal,
is the chair of Sonnenschein's national trusts and estates practice group.
He has served as a lecturer and author for professional organizations on
the subjects of the generation-skipping transfer tax, marital trust funding,
income taxation of trusts and estates, and charitable giving. He was a
contributing author to Adams, 21st Century Estate Planning: Practical Applications
(Cannon Financial Institute, 2002). Mr. Opferman is a Fellow of the American
College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of its Estate and Gift
Tax Committee. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Northwestern
Law. Mr. Opferman received his J.D. from Ohio State University College
of Law. Along with Messers, Adams and Redd, Mr. Opferman teaches Estate
Planning.
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Paul C. Pencak is a member of Ernst & Young's International Tax Services group in Chicago. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, he was the director of International Tax for Motorola Inc., where he also was the tax lead for Motorola's Mobile Devices business. His practice included all aspects of international tax planning. He has also served as the senior director of McDonald's Corporation's U.S. Tax Group, and as a tax associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom in Chicago. He received his law degree, cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law and his undergraduate degree in accounting, with highest honors, from DePaul University in Chicago. He is a licensed certified public accountant and a member of the Illinois bar. Along with Mr. Surdell and Ms. Voortman, Mr. Pencak teaches Advanced International Corporate Tax Transactions.
Charles A. Redd, a partner with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in its St. Louis office, concentrates his practice in estate planning, estate and trust administration and estate and trust-related litigation. Mr. Redd is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has taught as an adjunct professor at Northwestern Law. He was a contributing author to Adams, 21st Century Estate Planning: Practical Applications (Cannon Financial Institute, 2002). Mr. Redd received his J.D. from Saint Louis University. Along with Messers. Adams and Opferman, Mr. Redd teaches Estate Planning.
Suzanne
L. Shier is a partner in the Trust and Estates Department
of Chapman and Cutler LLP. She represents individuals, charitable organizations,
and corporate fiduciaries in a wide variety of estate planning and fiduciary
administration matters, including general estate and income tax planning;
probate practice; gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax
planning; and retirement account and life insurance planning. She received
her JD cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law
and her LLM, Taxation, from DePaul University. Ms. Shier teaches Estate
and Gift Taxation.
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Steven M. Surdell is the director of International Tax Services, Cross Border M&A Practice at Ernst & Young LLP in Chicago. He represents the U.S. and foreign entities in cross border mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings. He was named one of the world’s leading cross border M&A tax advisors by International Tax Review in each year from 2003 through 2008, as well as named one of the world’s leading international tax advisors by Euromoney in each year from 1999 through 2008.
Anna M. Voortman, Ernst & Young
Lowell
D. Yoder is a partner in the law
firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Chicago office. He is a
member of the Tax Department and co-chairs the International Tax Practice Group.
His practice focuses on international tax planning for multinational companies.
He handles cross-border acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, reorganizations,
joint ventures, leases, and financings. Mr. Yoder is the editor-in-chief of
CCH's Journal
of Taxation of Global Transactions and
has authored four BNA portfolios on the tax treatment of U.S. controlled foreign
corporations and numerous articles on international tax topics. He received
his JD magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of
Law.
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