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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 FacultyHerbert N. Beller
Thomas Brennan 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 Kim Kamin, partner, Schiff Hardin LLP 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 Barry J. Quirke, partner, McDermott Will & Emery Charles A. Redd, partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Randal J. Selig, President, Selig & Associates, P.C. Suzanne L. Shier, Partner, Chapman & Cutler Steven M. Surdell, Ernst and Young Anna M. Voortman, Ernst and Young |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kim Kamin, a partner with the Private Clients group at Schiff Hardin LLP, has extensive experience in estate planning, trust and estate administration, and related litigation. She has authored chapters for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education's practice handbooks on Asset Protection Planning and Illinois Estate Administration, and is the author of "Six Steps for Handling Discounts in Funding Testamentary Gifts" (ABA Trust and Investments, September/October 2008). Ms. Kamin serves on the Professional Advisory Council for the Chicago Community Trust and on the Board of Trustees for Francis W. Parker School. She was selected as an Illinois Rising Star in 2009 (Estate Planning & Probate, Illinois Super Lawyers). Ms. Kamin received her JD from the University of Chicago Law School. She teaches Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates and also teaches the Advanced Trusts and Estates course for the law school.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Barry J. Quirke is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Chicago office. As a member of the Tax Department, Mr. Quirke concentrates his practice in the area of international corporate tax matters, including planning for corporate acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, joint ventures, intercompany transactions, leasing and cross-border financings. He works predominantly and extensively with multinational corporations and has developed and implemented global effective tax rate planning strategies for these companies. He has worked on structuring multi-jurisdictional acquisitions, post-acquisition integration, internal reorganizations and joint ventures in Europe, Latin America and Asia/Pacific for both industrial and financial service companies. Mr. Quirke is a frequent speaker on international tax topics for various professional organizations and is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association. He received his JD cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law. Along with Professor Postlewaite, he teaches Advanced International taxation.
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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.
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Randal J. Selig is President of Selig & Associates, P.C., a law firm specializing in real estate, estate planning and tax, and President and owner of Selig Realty Investment Company, a company focused on student housing and other real estate investment and development. Mr. Selig has formerly been in private practice, including as an equity partner in the real estate group of DLA Piper, one of the world’s largest and global law firms, and has been a partner in and general counsel of several large national private real estate investment and development companies. He received his J.D. from George Washington University. Mr. Selig teaches Taxation of Real Estate Investment.
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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.
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Anna M. Voortman, Ernst & Young
