Graduate Tax Faculty

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Daniel Lathrope

Program Director, Full-Time Faculty
(415) 422-4109

Professor Daniel Lathrope's teaching and research focus is taxation. He is the co–author of several casebooks on individual, corporate, and partnership taxation, including Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation, Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation, and Fundamentals of Partnership Taxation. He is the author of The Alternative Minimum Tax—Compliance and Planning with Analysis, a treatise on the alternative minimum tax, and a book on comparative income taxation titled Global Issues in Income...

Education:

BSBA, University of Denver, JD, Northwestern University, LLM, New York University

Expertise:

Taxation

Joshua D. Rosenberg

Full-Time Faculty
(415) 422-6413

Professor Joshua D. Rosenberg has two main areas of expertise: (1) tax law, and (2) psychology of lawyers and laws. Professor Rosenberg is the co–author of leading treatises in federal income tax and in corporate tax, as well as co-author of the nation’s leading casebooks in corporate tax, partnership tax, and taxation of business enterprises. His many scholarly tax articles have been published in journals including the California Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law Review, and...

Education:

BA, Case Western Reserve University, Ed. D, University of San Francisco, JD, New York University, LLM, New York University

Expertise:

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Humanizing Legal Education, Mediation, Negotiation, Taxation, Trial Advocacy

Eric M. Anderson

Adjunct Professor
(415) 764-2766

Eric Anderson leads the San Francisco Bay Area state and local tax practice of Andersen Tax. He focuses on income tax planning and compliance, sales and use tax transaction planning, mergers and acquisitions, franchise tax matters, and administrative tax controversies. Eric has extensive experience with unitary tax planning, business and nonbusiness issues, and entity structuring to manage multistate tax liabilities. Eric also serves as a national resource negotiating credits and incentives on...

Education:

BA, Business Administration and Accounting, University of Washington, JD, University of Washington, LLM, New York University

Laurence A. Blau

Adjunct Professor
(415) 982-3200

Laurence A. Blau is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He has published various articles, including co-authoring an article in the California Tax Lawyer on the effect of tax changes on subchapter S corporations. He has published a textbook entitled Fundamentals of California Estate Planning and Estate Administration. He is a regular panelist for numerous organizations conducting seminars...

Education:

BA, UC Santa Barbara, JD, University of San Francisco, LLM, University of Florida

Daniel J. Bryant

Adjunct Professor
(415) 547-3702

Daniel Bryant is a senior attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel for the IRS. As an attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel, he represents the IRS in cases before the United States Tax Court, serving as lead attorney for more than 10 trials. In addition, Daniel provides IRS employees with advice on a variety of corporate, partnership, and individual tax issues. Daniel also worked as a tax and estate planning associate at a large international law firm. Daniel graduated with honors from UC...

Education:

UC Davis, BA, UC Berkeley, JD

April Ham

Research Librarian and Assistant Professor of Law
(415) 422-4727

Professor April Ham is a research librarian at USF's Dorraine Zief Law Library, where she provides research assistance to students and faculty. She also teaches Taxation Research, trains first-year students in online legal research, and manages the library's research assistant program, which provides research support to the law faculty. She practiced commercial litigation in San Francisco for four years prior to starting library school, and is a member of the California bar and the American...

Education:

UC Berkeley, BA, UCLA School of Law, JD

Alexander J. Johnson

Adjunct Professor
(415) 569-7042

Alexander Johnson is an associate attorney at Kugelman Law, PC where he practices tax controversy, business law, trusts, and estates with a focus on the legal issues individuals and businesses face when selling, transferring, or minting digital assets — to include cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens ("NFTs"). He has authored articles for Tax Notes and USF's Law Review regarding the tax treatment and utility of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. With a background in military...

Education:

University of San Francisco, JD with Certificate in Taxation, 2018, The Citadel, BA in English, 2009

Suzanne Mawhinney

Interim Director of Zief Law Library, Research Librarian, and Assistant Professor of Law
(415) 422-2252

Professor Mawhinney has been a librarian at USF since 2010 and was named interim director of the Zief Law Library in 2021. In addition to overseeing all aspects of library operations, she provides research assistance to students and faculty, teaches legal research to first-year students, serves as a research advisor to the domestic and international student externship programs, and manages the library's research assistant program, which provides research support to the law faculty. Professor...

Education:

JD, Emory University, MLIS, San Jose State University, BA, Chapman University

Peter C. Rock

Adjunct Professor
(415) 547-3776

Peter C. Rock is an Assistant Director in the Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program within the Large Business and International Division of the IRS. He is responsible for transfer pricing and allocation cases arising within the U. S. Competent Authority program. Mr. Rock has extensive and broad experience within the IRS and its Office of Chief Counsel. Prior to his current position, he was a Branch Chief with the Advance Pricing Program of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (...

Education:

BS, Saint Mary's College of California, JD, McGeorge School of Law, LLM, Georgetown University Law Center

Kaelyn J. Romey

Visiting Professor

Kaelyn was the former Senior Counsel with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel (Small Business/ Self-Employed Division). She’s an experienced litigator skilled in tax controversy. She developed and drove litigation strategy advising and representing the IRS in complex tax litigation matters before the U.S. Tax Court. Executed case strategies and insightful case development during tax audits for special agents. Cases involved international collection efforts, fraud, evidentiary...

Education:

UC Santa Barbara, BA in Law & Society, University of San Diego School of Law, JD, University of San Diego School of Law, LLM

Expertise:

Evidence, Federal income tax, Trial Advocacy, Tax Litigation

Javier Salinas

Adjunct Professor
(415) 288-6291

Javier has over 16 years of distinguished international tax experience. He serves global clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, e-commerce, fintech and digital assets, financial services, life sciences, and traditional manufacturing and distribution. His curriculum has a technical focus on the substantive rules and application of U.S. international tax statutes and regulations. He enjoys travel, food, and wine, and when time allows, cooking.

Education:

Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2002 Master of Laws in Taxation , University of Houston Law Center and College of Business Administration, Houston, Texas, August 1999 Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Finance , The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, December 1994 Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

Expertise:

Complex cross-border planning and structuring of multinational operations considering BEPS and the TCJA, Cross-border structuring for companies in the digital asset industry, Cross-border supply chain planning, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and joint venture structuring, Transfer pricing planning and compliance, Application of global tax treaty provisions and determination of tax treaty benefits

John Shafer

Research Librarian and Assistant Professor of Law
(415) 422-2240

Professor John Shafer is a reference and instruction librarian at the Dorraine Zief Law Library at the USF School of Law. After graduating from the USF School of Law in 1986 he worked for several years as a Westlaw academic representative, training students, librarians, and professors throughout the western United States. Shafer received a master's in library and information science from UC Berkeley in 1993 and began working at USF that same year. Since then he has trained hundreds of students...

Education:

BA, California State University, Sonoma, JD, University of San Francisco, MLIS, UC Berkeley

Jon R. Vaught

Adjunct Professor
(510) 430-1518

Jon Vaught is a partner in the firm of Vaught & Boutris, LLP in Oakland, California. His practice is focused on counseling and litigation in the areas of tax, estate planning, probate and trust administration, and asset protection. Mr. Vaught received a B.A. degree with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1984 and an L.L.M. degree in tax law from Golden Gate University, School of Law in...

Education:

BA, University of California, Berkeley, JD, University of California, Davis, LL.M., Golden Gate University

Nathan Wadlinger

Nate Wadlinger is a Lecturer at the University of Central Florida where he teaches accounting and tax courses in the Bachelors and Masters of Accountancy programs. He also works part-time in the tax services group of Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. CPAs. Further, he teaches as an adjunct at Boston University School of Law and Florida State University College of Law. He also is the Lead Instructor for the EA Exam at Gleim Exam Prep. He received his Bachelors of Science in Accounting, Masters of...

Education:

Boston University, LLM in Taxation, 2016, University of Florida, JD, 2012, University of Florida, MS in Accounting, 2008, University of Florida, BS in Accounting, 2008

Steven L. Walker

Adjunct Professor
(408) 295-5800

Steven L. Walker focuses on tax controversy and litigation and has experience both in private practice and government service. His practice focuses on representing clients in sensitive tax controversies with the Internal Revenue Service and state and local taxing agencies including the California Franchise Tax Board, the State Board of Equalization, the Employment Development Department, and county assessment appeals boards. His clients include individuals, corporations, investors, partnerships...

Education:

BS, UC Davis, JD, University of the Pacific, LLM in Taxation, University of the Pacific

Davis G. Yee

Adjunct Professor
(415) 547-3803

Davis G. Yee is a Special Trial Attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel for the IRS. As such, he represents the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in significant cases before the United States Tax Court. Before joining USF, Davis was an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, teaching in the LLM in Taxation program there for over eight years. As a law student, Davis was a member of a moot court team that won awards in both the legal writing and oral argument categories of the...

Education:

LLM, Georgetown University, JD, Lewis & Clark College, BS, UC Davis