Our Tax Faculty & Staff

Administration

Natascha Ryan Fastabend
Executive Director
nfastabend@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-0030

Full-Time Faculty

The Graduate Tax Program faculty are renowned scholars and experts who came to UCI Law to establish a premiere tax program unlike any other. Their unparalleled expertise and intellectual rigor has created, in the words of one leading commentator, a “tax juggernaut” at one of the top law schools in the country. True to the spirit of UCI Law’s history, the Graduate Tax Program faculty offer a unique scholarly perspective, driven by innovation and entrepreneurship and rooted in a commitment to champion student success and prepare the next generation of tax professionals.

Joshua Blank
Professor of Law
jblank@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4807

Expertise: Tax Administration and Compliance, Taxpayer Privacy and Tax Transparency, and Taxation of Business Entities
Victor Fleischer
Professor of Law
vfleischer@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3058

Expertise: Partnership Tax, Federal Taxation, Tax, Private Equity Law, Tax Policy, Corporate Finance, Business and Corporate Law, Corporate Tax, Financial Market Regulation
Omri Marian
Professor of Law
omarian@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-6493

Expertise: International Taxation, Comparative Taxation, Taxation of Financial Instruments

Tax Lecturers

Our tax lecturers in law are leaders in their respective fields who are committed to teaching the necessary skills to practice tax law at the highest levels, in the U.S. and abroad. With varied scholarly expertise, students will benefit from our multi-dimensional, interdisciplinary and accomplished tax lecturers in law.

Harley Bjelland
Owner, The ERISA Law Firm
Peter Elias
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Scot Grierson
Partner, KPMG
Eric Heller
Associate Area Counsel, Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel
Jimeel Hamud
Associate Area Counsel, IRS Office of Chief Counsel
Andrew M. Katzenstein
Partner, Proskauer
Michael Larkin
Tax Counsel
Taxpayers' Rights Advocate Office
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
Lisa Nelson
Partner, A. Lavar Taylor Law Offices
Shane Nix
Partner, Willkie, Farr & Gallager, LLP
Bala Rajaraman
Retired, Partner, US International Tax Services - PwC
D. Matthew Richardson
Partner, Kadotani and Richardson
Neil Richmond
Manager, Ernst & Young
Frank Rork
Vice President, Global Tax, Edwards Lifesciences LLC
Douglas Schaaf
Partner, Paul Hastings
A. Lavar Taylor
Founder, A. Lavar Taylor Law Offices
Steven Wrappe
Tax – Managing Director, National Technical Leader, Transfer Pricing
Nick Wu
Tax Manager, Gilead Sciences