Faculty
The Graduate Program in Taxation is taught by full-time practitioners and full-time faculty members
at Chicago-Kent.
| Gerald Brown, Director
Senior Instructor
Chicago-Kent College of Law
John A. Biek
Partner, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Chadwick I. Buttell
Partner, Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.
Richard A. Campbell
Partner, Mayer Brown
LLP
Michael A. Clark
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Denis J. Conlon
Of Counsel, Martin, Brown & Sullivan Ltd.
Dominic DeMatties
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jeffrey B. Frishman
Principal, Grant Thornton LLP
Christian E. Kimball
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Leslie A. Klein
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Jerry Klopfer
Principal, KPMG LLP |
Matthew P. Larvick
Shareholder, Vedder Price PC
Charles R. Levun
Partner, Levun, Goodman
& Cohen LLP
Richard D. Liebman
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Nancy R. Livingston
Todd F. Maynes
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jeffrey L. Olin
Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
John B. Palmer III
Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Lucy K. Park
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kevin R. Pryor
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Leigh D. Roadman
Partner, Martin, Brown & Sullivan Ltd.
Thomas M. Zollo
Principal, KPMG LLP |
Faculty Biographies
John A. Biek
Mr. Biek is a partner in the tax practice group at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, where he focuses on state and local tax and unclaimed property issues. He previously worked as a partner in the tax department of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1984. In 1987, he graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as executive editor of The Tax Lawyer. Elected a fellow to the American College of Tax Counsel and selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (recommended in "National--Tax Controversy") and The Best Lawyers in America, Mr. Biek is a frequent speaker and writer on state and local tax and unclaimed property issues. Mr. Biek is a member of the Illinois and Ohio bars and the American Bar Association, where he currently serves as chair of the Unclaimed Property Subcommittee of the ABA Tax Section State & Local Tax Committee.
Gerald Brown
Mr. Brown, senior instructor and director of the Graduate Program in Taxation, is a full‑time member of the Chicago‑Kent faculty. He received his bachelor's degree from DePaul University and his law degree from the University of Chicago. He is also a certified public accountant. Prior to joining the Chicago‑Kent faculty in 1990, he was staff assistant to the chief counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, a senior partner in the Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr, and senior vice president and chief financial officer of a publicly held corporation. He has been a speaker and panelist on many taxation programs and is the author of various articles on taxation. In addition to being director of the Graduate Program in Taxation, he teaches courses in accounting, taxation, business organizations, corporate finance and business planning.
Chadwick I. Buttell
Mr. Buttell is a partner in the law firm of Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd., where he is a member of the corporate, securities law and tax practice groups. He represents businesses and entrepreneurs in a variety of business transactions and commercial matters. Mr. Buttell is a frequent speaker and writer on tax and other transactional law topics. He has served as chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Federal Taxation Committee and the Partnership and Passthrough Entities Subcommittee. Mr. Buttell has a B.A. in mathematics and economics from Northwestern University and graduated with high honors from Chicago-Kent, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. He also earned an M.B.A. from Stuart School of Business and an LL.M. in tax law from Chicago-Kent.
Richard A. Campbell
Mr. Campbell is a partner at Mayer Brown LLP. His practice concentrates on estate planning, probate and trust law, contested estate and trust matters, representation of not-for-profit organizations and private foundations, and representation of closely held businesses. Mr. Campbell has published numerous articles on estate planning topics. He is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel as well as the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Campbell was the 2001-02 president of the Illinois State Bar Association Trust and Estate Section Council. He received his B.S. in mathematics and his J.D. from the University of Illinois, where he was an editor of the University of Illinois Law Review.
Michael A. Clark
Mr. Clark is a partner in the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP. He is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (summa cum laude) and Harvard Law School (magna cum laude), where he was a member of the board of editors of the Harvard Law Review. From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Clark was attorney-adviser to the Honorable Arnold Raum, U.S. Tax Court. He is also a certified public accountant. Mr. Clark is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation (chair, Exempt Organizations Committee); the Chicago Bar Association (member, Federal Tax Committee, and former chair of Division H, Tax-Exempt Organizations); the American Bar Association Health Law Section (vice chair, Tax and Accounting Interest Group); and the American Health Lawyers Association (former chair, Tax & Finance Committee). Mr. Clark is a frequent speaker and writer on various tax topics.
Denis J. Conlon
Mr. Conlon is of counsel with the law firm of Martin, Brown & Sullivan Ltd. in Chicago. He was previously with the Internal Revenue Service, serving as regional counsel for the Midwest Region; district counsel, Chicago; and acting assistant director of the Tax Litigation Division of the Chief Counsel's Office in Washington, D.C. In 1992, Mr. Conlon joined Ernst & Young LLP, where he was leader of the IRS practice and procedure group for the Chicago office. Mr. Conlon has a B.S.C. and J.D. from Loyola University Chicago and an LL.M. in taxation from DePaul University College of Law.
Dominic DeMatties
Mr. DeMatties is an associate at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice covers a wide variety of employee benefits issues, including drafting employee pension and retirement plans, drafting nonqualified deferred-compensation plans, negotiating executive compensation packages, and advising public companies on the SEC's disclosure rules regarding executive compensation. From 2003 to 2007, he was an associate at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, where he practiced in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation. He received his law degree (cum laude) from Georgetown University Law Center and has a master's degree in applied mathematics from Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to law school, Mr. DeMatties worked as a compliance specialist and actuarial analyst in a large consulting firm. He has co-authored several articles about employee benefits.
Jeffrey B. Frishman
Mr. Frishman is the national managing principal of tax practice policy and quality for Grant Thornton LLP. He is responsible for managing policy, procedure and risk in connection with the firm's tax services practice. Mr. Frishman's professional background includes serving for two years as an attorney-adviser to the U.S. Tax Court. He was also a partner with the international law firm of Winston & Strawn, where his practice focused on federal, state and local tax controversy matters, including audits, administrative appeals, administrative hearings, and litigation for large domestic and international companies. Mr. Frishman is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in Illinois, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and the Western District of Wisconsin, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the U.S. Tax Court. At Chicago-Kent, Mr. Frishman teaches professional ethics and standards in tax practice and tax practice procedure and litigation. Mr. Frishman received a B.A. in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1987. He received a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1990 and an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Denver College of Law in 1991.
Christian E. Kimball
Mr. Kimball is a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, where he is co-chair of the firm's tax practice. He has extensive experience with federal income tax matters of all kinds, including particular experience with mergers and acquisitions and other corporate restructurings, with financial instruments, and with executive compensation. Mr. Kimball joined Jenner & Block after serving as chief legal officer for Bcom3 Group and the Leo Burnett Company. From 1993 to 1998, he was an associate professor at Boston University School of Law, where he taught federal income tax, partnership tax, tax policy and the taxation of financial instruments. Before teaching at Boston University, Mr. Kimball was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in the firm's tax practice. He has co-authored a book on the tax aspects of forming a corporation, published articles on the tax treatment of convertible debt and options, and has spoken on numerous subjects related to federal income tax. Mr. Kimball received a B.A. (magna cum laude) in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1979. He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1983, with honors and Order of the Coif.
Leslie A. Klein
Mr. Klein is a shareholder at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he practices in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation. He received his law degree (with high honors) from Chicago-Kent College of Law and is a certified public accountant. Mr. Klein is currently a member of the American Bar Association's Taxation Section Employee Benefits Committee and is a former member of the board of directors of the American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA). He is a frequent lecturer at employee benefit conferences and has written several articles about employee benefits and executive compensation. Mr. Klein was previously a trial attorney in the Chicago office of the District Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.
Jerry Klopfer
Mr. Klopfer is a principal at KPMG LLP, where he is in charge of transfer pricing for the mid-America region and is national service line leader for operational transfer pricing. He has extensive economic consulting experience focused on measuring business segment performance, assessing intercompany pricing policies, valuing businesses and intangible assets, and analyzing the economic impacts associated with various business decisions. His client base includes large multinational companies in industries such as heavy manufacturing, medical devices and insurance. Before joining KPMG, he worked for a management strategy consulting firm, focusing on supply-chain management and corporate strategy development. Mr. Klopfer has an M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Michigan. He worked as a certified public accountant in audit prior to attending graduate school.
Matthew P. Larvick
Mr. Larvick is a shareholder at Vedder Price PC, where he focuses on the taxation of business enterprises and transactions, including structuring investment funds, equity compensation arrangements, real estate investment vehicles, and mergers and acquisitions. His articles on tax law have appeared in various publications, including Tax Notes and the Journal of Taxation of Corporate Transactions. Mr. Larvick received his J.D. (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif) from the University of Illinois College of Law and served as associate editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. He is also a certified public accountant (Elijah Watts Sells Award recipient) and earned a B.S. in accountancy (highest honors) from the University of Illinois.
Charles R. Levun
Mr. Levun is a partner in the law firm of Levun, Goodman & Cohen LLP. He received his B.S. in accounting from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He is also a certified public accountant. Mr. Levun is the consultant to the CCH Partnership Tax Planning and Practice guide, for which he is the author of the monthly Partner's Perspective column, and is the editor-in-chief of the CCH Journal of Passthrough Entities. Mr. Levun is the co-sponsor and chair of the faculty of the annual Partnership, LLC & S Corporation Tax Planning Forums and "Back to Basics" Partnership, LLC & S Corporation Seminars. He is also a past chair of the Partnerships and LLCs Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation, the Chicago Bar Association's Federal Taxation Committee, and the Federal Taxation Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Levun is a fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel.
Richard D. Liebman
Mr. Liebman, a retired partner of the firm Ernst & Young LLP, remains active with the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services Group. He received his J.D. (cum laude) from Northwestern University School of Law and his B.S. in business and economics from Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Liebman is also a certified public accountant. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has been a speaker for Chicago-Kent’s Federal Tax Institute, the Tax Executive Institute, and the Chicago Bar Association’s Federal Tax Committee Divisions C and F. He is the author of numerous tax articles.
Nancy R. Livingston
Ms. Livingston has more than 20 years of experience as a tax and estate planning attorney counseling high net-worth individuals, family groups and family businesses. Her practice encompasses all facets of estate planning, probate, trust administration, income taxation, business succession planning and general corporate law. She was a principal of Schwartz Cooper Chtd., where she was head of the firm's business, tax and estate planning group, and also practiced at Dykema Gossett PLLC. Ms. Livingston earned an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law, a J.D. (with honors) from DePaul University College of Law, and a B.A. from Wellesley College.
Todd F. Maynes
Mr. Maynes, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, focuses his practice on tax planning, the tax aspects of restructuring and bankruptcy, and tax litigation. He has represented corporations and individuals before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Claims, federal district court and various state courts. Mr. Maynes has been named in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2004. Chambers notes that Mr. Maynes was the lead tax lawyer on some of the largest and most significant bankruptcies in recent history, including United Airlines, Conseco, Calpine and W.R. Grace. Mr. Maynes has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America and as one of Illinois Super Lawyers. Mr. Maynes has published many articles on tax matters, has been mentioned in The American Lawyer for his role in the Conseco and United Airlines bankruptcies, and is the author of the BNA Portfolio on Start-Up Expenses. He graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University with a J.D. and a B.A. in journalism and economics. From 1987 to 1988, Mr. Maynes clerked for the Honorable Kenneth F. Ripple of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Jeffrey L. Olin
Mr. Olin is the managing partner, international tax services U.S., in the Chicago offices of Grant Thornton LLP. As head of the practice in the United States, he serves clients worldwide and works with tax leaders around the globe to grow and enhance the practice firm-wide. Mr. Olin has more than 18 years' experience working with both publicly traded and closely held companies in all areas of international tax. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, he served as an international tax partner with the law firm of McDermott, Will and Emery. Mr. Olin, a certified public accountant, received his B.S. cum laude from Carroll College, his J.D. from Marquette University Law School, and his LL.M. in taxation from DePaul University College of Law. He is the author of Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions, published by CCH, and numerous articles on international tax topics, including a recent article in the Harvard Business Review.
John B. Palmer III
Mr. Palmer is a partner in the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (magna cum laude), where he served as associate editor of the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Palmer is a member of the Committee on Partnerships of the Federal Tax Section of the American Bar Association, past chair of the Federal Tax Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association, and past chair of Division C of the Chicago Bar Association Federal Tax Committee. He is a frequent speaker and writer on partnership taxation, tax accounting, real estate taxation, and various other tax matters.
Lucy Park
Ms. Park is a partner in the trusts and estates practice group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she focuses on trust and estate planning and administration, private foundations, public charities and other tax-exempt entities. Ms. Park graduated with high honors from Chicago-Kent and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She has an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Smith College.
Kevin R. Pryor
Mr. Pryor is a partner with Sidley Austin LLP. He received his B.A. from Brigham Young University (magna cum laude) and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (with honors). His practice focuses on contested federal income tax matters, like-kind exchanges, and the taxation of hedge funds.
Leigh D. Roadman
Mr. Roadman is a partner at Martin, Brown & Sullivan Ltd., where he represents individuals and entities in federal criminal investigations and prosecutions involving the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Postal Inspection Service, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, among other agencies. Before joining Martin, Brown & Sullivan, he worked at Price Waterhouse (1981-83) and Silets and Martin Ltd. (1986-92). Mr. Roadman is a certified public accountant and a member of the Federal Defender Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is an honors graduate of DePaul University College of Law, where he was a member of the DePaul University Law Review, and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Thomas M. Zollo
Mr. Zollo is the principal-in-charge of KPMG LLP's international corporate services group, based in the firm's Chicago office. He focuses on structuring the operations of multinational corporations. In connection with that practice, Mr. Zollo advises clients on issues related to financing their operations, deferring their recognition of offshore income, maximizing their foreign tax credits, and establishing and defending intercompany transfer prices. He has advised clients on scores of taxable and tax-free acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Zollo has considerable experience on tax controversy matters, particularly those involving transfer pricing. Mr. Zollo graduated from Columbia University (summa cum laude) and from Harvard Law School (cum laude). He is a frequent speaker and writer on U.S. federal income tax issues.
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