Pepperdine/Tax Analysts Symposium: Tax Advice for the Second Obama Administration

Registration is now open for our January 18, 2013 symposium on Tax Advice for the Second Obana Administration in Malibu:

Introduction and Welcome

• Deanell Tacha (Dean, Pepperdine)
• Chris Bergin (President, Tax Analysts)

Keynote Address:  Michael Graetz (Columbia)

Occupy the Tax Code:  The Buffett Rule, the 1%, and the Fairness/Growth Divide

Moderator:       David Brunori (Tax Analysts)

Papers:            Dorothy Brown (Emory), Francine Lipman (UNLV), Kirk Stark (UCLA) (with Eric Zolt (UCLA))

Commentary:  David Miller (Cadwalader, New York), Bruce Bartlett (New York Times) 

Estate and Gift Tax

Moderator:       Paul Caron (Pepperdine)

Papers:            Ed McCaffery (USC), Grayson McCouch (San Diego), Jim Repetti (BC) (with Paul Caron (Pepperdine))

Commentary:  Joe Thorndike (Tax Analysts)

Luncheon Address:   David Cay Johnston (author/journalist)

Business/International Tax #1

Moderator:       Tom Bost (Pepperdine)

Papers:            Steve Bank (UCLA), Karen Burke (San Diego), Martin Sullivan (Tax Analysts)

Commentary:  Michael Schler (Cravath, New York)

Business/International Tax #2

Moderator:       Khrista McCarden (Pepperdine)

Papers:            Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan), Allison Christians (McGill), Susan Morse (UC-Hastings)

Commentary:  Robert Goulder (Tax Analysts)

Closing Remarks:  What Have We Learned Today?:   David Cay Johnston (author/journalist)   

I agree with my Pepperdine colleague Michael Helfand's post at PrawfsBlawg:

The line up for the conference is fantastic so if you can make it to Malibu (and everyone should at some point make it to Malibu), I strongly recommend attendance.  Hope to see you there!