Richard Crawford Pugh Lecture on Tax Law & Policy Presents Hon. Maurice B. Foley, Chief Judge, US Tax Court
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
This event occurred in the past
- Wednesday, February 9, 2022 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location
Zoom (registration required)
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110Cost
Free
Details
The Richard C. Pugh Lecture Series is proud to welcome Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley to present "Mountains and Mentors: My Path to the Court," Wednesday, Feb. 9th at 5 pm.
About the Speaker
Judge Foley became Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court on June 1, 2018, after being elected to a two-year term. He was initially appointed to the Tax Court as Judge by President Clinton on April 9, 1995, and served until April 8, 2010. He was reappointed to the court by President Obama on November 25, 2011, with a term end date of November 24, 2026.
Prior to his judicial appointments, Judge Foley served as an attorney for the Legislation and Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and a Master of Law in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.
In addition to teaching at USD School of Law, Judge Foley is an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Colorado School of Law.
Honors and Affiliations
Judge Foley was the first African-American appointed to the United States Tax Court.
The Richard Crawford Pugh Lecture
The Richard Crawford Pugh Lecture on Tax Law & Policy brings a distinguished practitioner, judge or government official who has played a significant role in shaping U.S. and international tax policy to the law school each year to discuss current and developing tax law and policy trends.
The endowed lecture was established in 2009 in honor of the long and illustrious career of USD's Professor of Law Emeritus Richard Crawford Pugh. Before coming to USD, Pugh was a professor at Columbia Law School, a deputy assistant U.S. attorney general (Tax Division), and a partner at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.
Past Speakers
2021: Anne L. Alstott, Jacquin D. Bierman Professor in Taxation, Yale Law School
2020: Rosanne Altschuler, Professor, Rutgers
2019: Lily Batchelder, Professor of Law, NYU
2018: Pam Olson, Price Waterhouse Cooper
2017: Deborah Schenk, Professor of Law, NYU
2016: Lawrence Zelenak, Professor of Law, Duke
2015: Michael J. Graetz, Professor of Law, Harvard
2014: Edward Kleinbard, Professor of Law, USC
2013: Stephen E. Shay, Professor of Law, Harvard
2012: Leslie B. Samuels, Cleary Gottlieb
2011: M. Carr Ferguson, Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell
2010: Eric Soloman, Director of National Tax, Ernst & Young
This event is open to the public
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