Education

New York University School of Law, New York, NY

LL.M. in Taxation, 1996

University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, CA

J.D., 1993; Articles Editor, International Tax & Business Lawyer

Drew University, Madison, NJ

B.A., summa cum laude, in Russian Language and French Literature with a minor in Spanish Language, 1990

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Drew Scholar, Burke Prize for Language and Literature

Teaching

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA

Professor of Law (2008–present)

Associate Professor of Law (with tenure) (2004–2008)

Assistant Professor of Law (2000–2004)

Courses: Federal Income Tax, International Tax, & Corporate Tax

Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, Bloomington, IN

Visiting Associate Professor of Law (Fall 2006)

Courses: Federal Income Tax and Corporate Tax

Donetsk National University, Law & Economics Faculty, Donetsk, Ukraine

Course: International Tax (May 2002)

Law Practice

Roberts & Holland LLP, New York, NY

Associate, International Tax (1998–2000)

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York, NY

Associate, Tax Department (1994–1995 & 1997–1998)

Rosenman & Colin LLP, New York, NY

Associate, Tax Department (1996–1997)

Clerkship

Hon. Edward J. Schwartz, U.S. District Court, San Diego, CA

Judicial Clerk (1993–1994)

Admitted to Practice

California (1993)

New York (1995)

New Jersey (1995)

Pennsylvania (2000)

Books and Book Chapters

Critical Tax Theory: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, Anthony C. Infanti & Bridget J. Crawford, eds., 2009).

Everyday Law for Gays and Lesbians (And Those Who Care About Them) (Paradigm Publishers, 2007).

United States, in Tax Treaties and Domestic Law (Guglielmo Maisto ed., IBFD 2006).

Chapter 43, Tax Treaty Overrides—Treaties Versus the Code, in Rhoades & Langer, U.S. International Taxation and Tax Treaties (2005) (substantially revised and updated by Anthony C. Infanti).

Law Review Articles, Essays, and Book Reviews

Taxing Civil Rights Gains, ___ Mich. J. Gender & L. ___ (forthcoming).

Surveying the Legal Landscape for Pennsylvania Same-Sex Couples, ___ U. Pitt. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming).

Bringing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity into the Tax Classroom, 59 J. Legal Educ. 3 (2009) (peer-reviewed journal).

Deconstructing the Duty to the Tax System: Unfettering Zealous Advocacy on Behalf of Lesbian and Gay Taxpayers, 61 Tax Law. 407 (2008) (peer-reviewed journal published by the ABA Section of Taxation with the support of the Georgetown University Law Center), reprinted in abridged form in 26(2) GPSolo 42 (Mar. 2009) (chosen for inclusion in “The Best Articles Published by the ABA” issue of GPSolo, a publication of the General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division of the American Bar Association).

Tax Equity, 55 Buff. L. Rev. 1191 (2008).

Tax as Urban Legend, 24 Harv. BlackLetter L.J. 229 (2008) (book review of American Taxation, American Slavery by Robin L. Einhorn).

Havens in a Storm: The Struggle for Global Tax Regulation, 42 Law & Soc’y Rev. 690 (2008) (review of book with same title by J.C. Sharman).

Homo Sacer, Homosexual: Some Thoughts on Waging Tax Guerrilla Warfare, 2 Unbound: Harv. J. of the Legal Left 27 (2006) (invited submission).

A Tax Crit Identity Crisis?  Or Tax Expenditure Analysis, Deconstruction, and the Rethinking of a Collective Identity, 26 Whittier L. Rev. 707 (2005).

Tax Protest, “A Homosexual,” and Frivolity: A Deconstructionist Meditation, 24 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 21 (2005) (invited submission for symposium titled “Out of the Closet and Into the Light: The Legal Issues of Sexual Orientation”).

The Internal Revenue Code as Sodomy Statute, 44 Santa Clara L. Rev. 763 (2004).

The Ethics of Tax Cloning, 6 Fla. Tax Rev. 251 (2003) (peer-reviewed journal).

Eyes Wide Shut: Surveying Erosion in the Professionalism of the Tax Bar, 22 Va. Tax Rev. 589 (2003), reprinted in 101 Tax Notes 517 (2003).

Spontaneous Tax Coordination: On Adopting a Comparative Approach to Reforming the U.S. International Tax Regime, 35 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 1105 (2002).

Curtailing Tax Treaty Overrides: A Call to Action, 62 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 677 (2001), reprinted in abridged form in Anthony C. Infanti, Curtailing Tax Treaty Overrides: An Argument, 23 Tax Notes Int’l 747 (2001).

Baehr v. Lewin: A Step in the Right Direction for Gay Rights?, 4 Tul. J.L. & Sexuality 1 (1994), reprinted in abridged form in Same-Sex Marriage: The Moral and Legal Debate 227 (Robert M. Baird & Stuart E. Rosenbaum eds., 1997).

Other Publications

Discrimination Bill Affects Us All, Harrisburg Patriot-News, Apr. 14, 2009, at A11, available at http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2009/04/discrimination_bill_affects_us.html (correction printed on Apr. 15, 2009, at A2). 

From the Sidelines: A Deconstructionist View of Circular 230, 107 Tax Notes 1575 (2005), printing error corrected at 108 Tax Notes 344 (2005), reprinted in Monthly Digest of Tax Articles, Aug. 2006, at 30.

Property Tax Is Ripe for Change, Pitt. Post-Gazette, May 29, 2005, at J1.

A Different Kind of Tax Reform, Jurist (2005).

At Our Expense, Pitt. Post-Gazette, Nov. 13, 2004, at A15.

Prying Open the Closet Door: The Defense of Marriage Act and Tax Treaties, 105 Tax Notes 563 (2004), reprinted in 36 Tax Notes Int’l 765 (2004).

Marriage or Bust?, Jurist (2004).

Cross-Border Outsourcing: U.S. International Tax Pitfalls, Pratfalls, and Opportunities, 81 Taxes 19 (2003), reprinted in 2 J. Tax’n Corp. Transactions 15 (2003).

A Credit to Their Brackets, Pitt. Post-Gazette, June 29, 2003, at B2.

The Proposed Domestic Reverse Hybrid Entity Regulations: Can the Treasury Department Override Treaties?, 30 Tax Mgm’t Int’l J. 307 (2001).

Why the City Should Ditch the Two-tier Property Tax, Pitt. Post-Gazette, Feb. 9, 2001, at A25.

Structuring Inbound Investments: A Primer on Exit Issues, 79 Taxes 22 (2001).

APA Disclosure: Can the Process Survive?, 47 Can. Tax J. 1048 (1999) (with Peter A. Glicklich).

Lessons in Avoiding Transfer-Pricing Penalties: DHL Corp., 47 Can. Tax J. 382 (1999) (with Peter A. Glicklich & Sanford H. Goldberg).

Laidlaw Taxpayer Crashed and Burned, Losing Billion-Dollar Debt-Equity Case, 46 Can. Tax J. 1380 (1998) (with Peter A. Glicklich & Sanford H. Goldberg).

Just when You Thought It Was Safe to Go back in the Water: Recharacterizing Debt as Equity, N.Y.L.J. (Aug. 27, 1998) (with Elliot Pisem).

Blogging

Feminist Law Professors, http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/.

Panels & Presentations

Dismembering Families, Workshop on Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain, May 2009.

Dismembering Families, Critical Tax Conference, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN, April 2009 (incubator session).

Taxing Civil Rights Gains, Section on Taxation: The Family and Taxation, AALS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2009.

Bringing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity into the Tax Classroom, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Across the Curriculum: The Challenges of Keeping Law Schools Current with Recent Developments in LGBT Issues: Break-out Session on Property, Conflict of Laws, Income Tax, and Employee Benefits, AALS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2009.

Taxing Civil Rights Gains, University of Cincinnati, October 2008.

Resource Panel, Deliberative Poll on the Issue of Marriage in America, Southwestern Pennsylvania Program for Deliberative Democracy, Carnegie Mellon University, September 2008 (panelist).

Keynote Address, Western Pennsylvania Diversity Initiative, Symposium on Domestic Partner Benefits, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2008.

Taxing Civil Rights Gains, Pace Law School, September 2008.

Roundtable: Same-Sex Tax Issues in Transnational Perspective: United States and Canada, 2008 Joint Meeting of the Law & Society Association and Canadian Law & Society Association, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.

Deconstructing the Duty to the Tax System: Unfettering Zealous Advocacy on Behalf of Lesbian and Gay Taxpayers, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Berkeley, CA, March 2008.

Tearoom, Andy Warhol Museum, December 2007 (panelist).

Tax Equity, 2007 Meeting of the Canadian Law and Economics Association, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, September 2007.

Tax Equity, Texas Junior Legal Scholars Conference, Texas Wesleyan School of Law, August 2007.

Tax Equity, Law, Society, and Taxation I: Competing Concepts of Equity, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Law & Society Association, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany, July 2007.

Law, Society, and Taxation VIII: Culture, Family, and Taxes, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Law & Society Association, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany, July 2007 (chair/discussant).

Tax Equity, Critical Tax Theory Conference, UCLA Law School, April 2007 (incubator session).

Homo Sacer, Homosexual: Some Thoughts on Waging Tax Guerrilla Warfare, University of Toronto, Joint James Hausman Tax Law & Policy Workshop and Diversity Workshop, January 2007.

Homo Sacer, Homosexual: Some Thoughts on Waging Tax Guerrilla Warfare, Critical Tax Theory Conference, Mercer University, April 2006.

You’re Perfect, I Love You, Now Change: Tax Planning for Unmarried Domestic Partners, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, February 2006 Meeting.

Perspectives on Taxing Same-Sex and Unmarried Couples, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, February 2006 Meeting (moderator).

U.S. Country Report, Conference on Domestic Law and Tax Treaties in Milan, Italy, sponsored by the Italian Council of Ministers and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, November 2005.

Property Tax Forum, Butler County Community College, sponsored by State Rep. Brian Ellis, August 2005.

The Annual Tax Lawyering Workshop: Beyond Tax Shelters: Written Tax Advice in Practice and Circular 230, New York Law School, April 2005 (commentator).

Everyday Law for Gays & Lesbians: An Introduction, Critical Tax Theory Conference, Seattle University, April 2005.

A Tax Crit Identity Crisis? Or Tax Expenditure Analysis, Deconstruction, and the Rethinking of a Collective Identity, Critical Tax Theory Conference, Rutgers University—Newark, April 2004 (incubator session).

Cross-Border Outsourcing, Pittsburgh Tax Club, April 2003 Meeting.

Exit Issues, Allegheny Tax Society, April 2002 Meeting.

Current Developments: Inbound, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, May 2001 Meeting.

Exit Issues, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Fall 2000 Meeting.

Honors, Fellowships, and Awards

Member (elected), American Law Institute (2008-present)

Excellence in Teaching Award (2002)

Research Grant, University of California—Santa Barbara, Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military (2005)

Law School & University Service

Chief Faculty Editor, Pittsburgh Tax Review (2003–present)

Faculty Advisor, OutLAW (2000–2006, 2007–present)

Faculty Advisor, Tax Law Society (2003-2004)

Chair, Appointments Committee (2007–2008)

Chair, International Programs Committee (2005–2006)

Chair, University Appeals Panel (2005)

Chair, Faculty Steering Committee (2004–2005)

Chair, Faculty Steering Committee (2002–2003)

Other Service

Member, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (2007–present)

Member, Board of Directors, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (2008–present)

Member, Legal Committee, Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force (2001–present)

Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation

Member, National Lesbian and Gay Law Association

Member, International Fiscal Association

Member, Society of American Law Teachers

Languages

Spanish (fluent)

French (proficient)

Russian (proficient)