Biographical Sketch
David Brunori is a journalist, author, educator, and lawyer who specializes in tax and government issues. He is a frequent speaker at conferences around the United States on the subject of state and local tax policy. Brunori is contributing editor of State Tax Notes magazine and the author of The Politics of State Taxation, a weekly column focusing on state tax and budget politics. Brunori serves as a research professor of public policy at The George Washington University, where he also teaches state and local tax law at the law school. He edited The Future of State Taxation (Urban Institute Press), and has published articles in the National Tax Journal and the State and Local Government Review. His book, State Tax Policy: a Political Perspective, (Urban Institute Press) won the 2001 Choice Award for the best public finance book. His latest work, Local Tax Policy: A Federalist Perspective has recently been published by the Urban Institute Press. Prior to joining State Tax Notes, he served as an appellate trial attorney with the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice and practiced with a Washington D.C., law firm. He was a David C. Lincoln Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy from 2001 to 2004.

Education
B.A., M.A., George Washington University; J.D., University of Pittsburgh