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Amy Landers joins faculty as visiting professor of law

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:11:43 +0000

Amy Landers is a visiting professor of law teaching in the area of intellectual property during the fall. She is a tenured faculty member at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.

At the University of Florida Levin College of Law Landers will teach Copyright and International Intellectual Property. She has co-authored two books in the field of international intellectual property.

In addition, she has authored numerous articles about patent law, as well as the treatise Understanding Patent Law (Lexis Nexis 2d ed. 2012). Prior to teaching, she was a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where she practiced intellectual property litigation and counseling.

Yolanda F. Jameson joins faculty as visiting assistant professor

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:10:52 +0000

As a visiting assistant professor of law, Yolanda F. Jameson teaches Corporate Taxation to the J.D. students this fall and Federal Tax Research to Graduate Tax Program students.

Jameson graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida, earning a bachelor of science degree in public relations with a minor in business administration. She graduated summa cum laude from Stetson University College of Law, and graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law with an LL.M. in taxation.

She received the Richard B. Stephens Award, given to the most outstanding student in the LL.M. program, as determined by UF Law tax faculty. Prior to joining the UF Law faculty, Jameson worked as an associate at Carlton Fields, PA, representing taxpayers at the state and federal level in tax controversy disputes and providing tax planning services to clients in various industries.

UF Law welcomes Grayson M.P. McCouch and Karen C. Burke as visiting professors

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:46:50 +0000

Grayson M.P. McCouch is a visiting professor from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he joined the faculty in 2001 after teaching at the University of Miami School of Law. At UF Law, he is teaching Estates and Trusts and an Estate Planning seminar. Before entering law teaching, he clerked for Judge Hugh H. Bownes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit and practiced law with firms in Boston and Minneapolis. He was also a research fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and at the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany. McCouch teaches and writes primarily in the areas of wills, trusts, and taxation. He is a co-author (with Boris Bittker and Eli Clark) of a leading casebook on federal estate and gift taxation. McCouch is a member of the American Law Institute.

Karen C. Burke is a Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law. This semester she is teaching Corporate Tax II and Federal Tax Research in the Graduate Tax Program. Before joining the USD faculty, she was the Dorsey & Whitney Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. She received her JD from Stanford Law School and her LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. She clerked for Judge Robert E. Keeton on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and practiced law with Sullivan & Worcester in Boston. Burke teaches and writes primarily in the area of federal income taxation.