Adjunct Faculty Biographies

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.