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Biography

Christopher has been working in tax and tax law since 1989. His primary focus is on tax laws in transaction services, international taxation, corporate taxation, partnership taxation and tax accounting. He works with tax law clients across industries.

He’s the Alan D. Feld endowed professor of law at Southern Methodist University and has been a visiting professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, the University of Texas School of Law, and the University of Tokyo School of Law.

He assisted the US Joint Committee on Taxation in its complexity study of the US tax system, the joint committee in its Enron study, and as a consultant to the joint committee on tax legislation. He has also served as senior policy advisor for tax reform to the US Senate Committee on Finance.

External Publications

  • Corporate Income Tax Accounting (West Academic 2023, 2023)
  • Tax Policy in a Nutshell (West Academic, 2nd edition, 2022)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Law Institute
  • Member, The American College of Tax Counsel
  • Member, Dallas Assembly
  • Member, Order of the Coif
  • Member, Beta Alpha Psi
  • Member, Beta Gamma Sigma
  • Member, Omicron Delta Epsilon

Education

  • BS, accounting, University of Florida
  • JD, University of Florida Levin College of Law
  • LLM, taxation, New York University School of Law

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