B.B.A. 1988 Florida Atlantic University; J.D. 1991 University of Florida College of Law
; LL.M. (Tax Law) 1994 University of Florida College of Law.
Member of the Mercer Law Faculty since 2001.
Involvement:
- Association of American Law Schools, Minority Groups Section, Chair, January 2006 - January 2007
- Association of American Law Schools, Taxation Section, Chair-Elect, January 2006 - January 2007
- Association of American Law Schools, Law School Site Evaluator, January 2005 - present
- Society of American Law Teachers, Board of Governors, January 2004 - January 2007 (3 year term)
- American Bar Association, Law School Site Evaluator, August 2003 - present
- American Law Institute, Adviser, Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations, March 2002 - present
- American Bar Association Section of Taxation News Quarterly (formerly Newsletter), Associate Editor, July 1999 - present
Publications:
A Diversity Theory of Charitable Tax Exemption - Beyond Efficiency, Through Critical Race Theory, Toward
Diversity, 4 Pitt. Tax Rev. ___ (forthcoming Fall 2006)
Race and Equality Across the Law School Curriculum: The Law of Tax Exemption, 54 J. Leg. Educ. 336 (2004)
The Tax Law of Charities and Other Exempt Organizations: Cases, Materials, Questions and Activities (with Jones, Willis and Moran) (West Publications) (2003)
2003 Statutory Supplement to The Tax Law of Charities and Other Exempt Organizations: Cases, Materials, Questions and Activities (with Jones, Willis and Moran) (West Publications) (2003)
Race Conscious Affirmative Action by Tax Exempt 501(c)(3) Corporations After Grutter and Gratz, 77 St. John's L. Rev. 711 (2003)
Advising Tax-Exempt Organizations in Georgia (CLE materials prepared for 2003 CLE conference sponsored by Mercer University School of Law and Macon Bar Association) (available at Mercer University School of Law library) (approx. 50 pgs) (October 2003)
2002 Eleventh Circuit Survey: Federal Taxation, 54:4 Mercer L. Rev. 1563 (2003)
Charities and the Constitution: Evaluating the Role of Constitutional Principles in Determining the Scope of Tax Law's Public Policy Limitation for Charities 5 Fla. Tax Rev. 779 (2002)
Tax Expenditures, Social Justice and Civil Rights: Expanding the Scope of Civil Rights Laws to Apply to Tax-Exempt Charities, 2001 B.Y.U.L.Rev. 167 (2001)
The Power of The Treasury: Racial Discrimination, Public Policy and Charity In Contemporary Society, 33 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 389-447 (2000)
What's in a Name: IRS' Attempts to Tax Nonprofits on the Exploitation of the Organization's or Its Members' Names, 4:1 Community Tax Law Report pp. 7-9, 22-27 (Winter 2000)
Legal Considerations in Forming and Operating Tax-Exempt Charities in Virginia (with Gerald W. S. Carter) (CLE materials) (available at University of Richmond School of Law library) (approx. 100 pgs) (June 1999)
Treasury Regulations And Judicial Deference In The Post-Chevron Era, 13 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 387-430 (1997)
The Proposed Corporate Sponsorship Regulations: Is The Treasury Department "Sleeping With The Enemy"?, 6 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 49-75 (1996)
Honors:
American Law Institute, Elected Member
Teaches:
Federal Income Tax; Taxation of Tax-Exempt Organizations; Corporate Tax; Estate & Gift Tax; Tax Policy Seminar
Other Teaching and Law Practice Experience:
- University of Georgia School of Law, Visiting Professor of Law (Fall 2005)
- Mercer University School of Law, Professor of Law (July 2003 - June 2004)
- Temple University School of Law, Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2004)
- University of Alabama School of Law, John S. Stone Chairholder of Law (Summer 2003)
- Mercer University School of Law, Associate Professor of Law (July 2001 - June 2003)
- University of Richmond School of Law, Associate Professor (July 2000 - July 2001)
- University of Richmond School of Law, Assistant Professor (June 1997 - July 2000)
- Syracuse University College of Law, Assistant Professor (August 1995 - June 1997)
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, School of Business & Industry, Adjunct Professor of Tax Law (August 1994 - December 1994)
- State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Assistant General Counsel (May 1994 - July 1995)
- Messer, Vickers, Caparello, Madsen, Lewis, Goldman & Metz, P.A., Associate Attorney (May 1991 - August 1993)
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