Irvine, Calif. (April 8, 2024) — The Graduate Tax Program at the University of California, Irvine School of Law will host its sixth annual UCI Law / Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP Tax Symposium on April 18, 2024. Sponsored by the Law Offices of Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP, the theme of this year’s symposium is The Moore Case and the Future of the Realization Doctrine.
This virtual event will feature keynote speaker, David Kamin, Charles L. Denison Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. Kamin’s scholarship focuses on tax and budget policy, and he served in the White House under President Biden and President Obama. Kamin’s scholarship has covered topics including taxation of the top end, corporate taxation, income support, retirement policy, and budget metrics. He served as deputy assistant to the President and deputy director of the National Economic Council under President Biden from inauguration until May 2022, working on response to the pandemic and on policy related to infrastructure, energy, tax, and budget, among other areas.
Kamin also served as director of economic policy for the Biden-Harris transition team from June 2020 until inauguration. Under President Obama, Kamin served as special assistant to the president for economic policy and as special assistant, and later adviser, to the director of the US Office of Management and Budget. Kamin also served on the Obama-Biden transition team and the Cliniton-Kaine transition team.
Kamin earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science with highest honors from Swarthmore College in 2002. He earned a J.D. magna cum laude from New York University School of Law in 2009.
“We are absolutely thrilled and honored that Professor Kamin will share his invaluable academic and policy perspectives with us as our keynote speaker,” said Natascha Fastabend, Executive Director, Graduate Tax Program.
Symposium organizers are soliciting questions for Kamin in advance of the keynote presentation. Only registrants to the event may submit questions. All questions should be submitted to nfastabend@law.uci.edu no later than Monday, April 15.
In addition to Kamin’s keynote address, the symposium will feature presentations by leading tax practitioners, industry entrepreneurs, researchers and government officials. A full conference schedule will be made available Monday, April 15.
This event is approved for 6-hours of Continuing Legal Education Credit by the State Bar of California. UCI Law is a State Bar-approved MCLE provider.
Register
Thursday, April 18, 2023
9:00 a.m. – 3: 00 p.m. PDT
Zoom
About the Law Offices of Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP
The Law Offices of Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP is an award-winning tax law firm located in the Santa Ana area of Orange County, California. Its tax attorneys and enrolled agents specialize in handling civil and criminal tax controversies, involving the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice, and state tax agencies such as the Franchise Tax Board, State Board of Equalization, and the Employment Development Department.
More about UCI Law Graduate Tax Program
The UCI Law Graduate Tax Program is a leading graduate tax program on the west coast. UCI Law offers a one-of-a-kind, practice-oriented Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree program led by renowned tax scholars Omri Marian, Joshua Blank and Victor Fleischer. True to the spirit of UCI Law’s cutting-edge approach to legal education, the Graduate Tax Program offers a unique tax curriculum emphasizing practice skills and featuring small class sizes and a collegial, supportive learning environment. The program provides students with both the doctrinal depth and the experiential learning needed to practice tax law and to develop a deep understanding of the new tax law enacted in 2017. The program prepares graduate students for careers as tax attorneys, judges, tax administrators and policy advocates in the United States and abroad, and also offers the opportunity for current practitioners to dramatically expand their tax knowledge and skills.
Contact:
Natascha Fastabend
Executive Director of the UCI Law Graduate Tax Program
nfastabend@law.uci.edu