Richard Crawford Pugh Lecture on Tax Law & Policy Welcomes Nina E. Olson
Date and Time
Monday, March 18, 2024
This event occurred in the past
- Monday, March 18, 2024 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location
Warren Hall, 303, Grace Courtroom
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110Cost
Free
Details
The Richard C. Pugh Lecture Series is proud to welcome Nina E. Olson
"Taxpayer Rights in the Digital Age"
About the Speaker
Nina E. Olson is the Executive Director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights. From March 2001 to July 2019, Nina served as the National Taxpayer Advocate of the United States, an independent organization within the Internal Revenue Service , dedicated to assisting taxpayers resolve their problems with the IRS and making administrative and legislative recommendations to mitigate those problems systemically. She has submitted 39 annual reports to Congress, and testified before congressional committees over 60 times. Before serving as the National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina founded and directed The Community Tax Law Project, the first independent Low Income Taxpayer Clinic in the US. She also maintained a private legal practice, representing taxpayers in disputes with the IRS.
Nina has received many awards and recognitions, including the American Bar Association Section of Taxation’s Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Service, Pro Bono Award, and Jules Ritholz Memorial Merit Award for Outstanding Dedication, Achievement, and Integrity in the Field of Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies; the Tax Foundation’s Public Sector Distinguished Service Award; and Pro Bono Awards from the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association, and the City of Richmond Bar Association. In 2016 she was recognized by Tax Analysts as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Women in Tax (internationally).
Nina received her LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, her JD from North Carolina Central University School of Law, and her AB (in fine arts) from Bryn Mawr College.
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
2023: Kimberly A. Clausing, Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law
2022: Judge Maurice Foley, Chief Judge, US Tax Court
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
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