Jeremy Bearer-Friend

Professor Jeremy Bearer-Friend is an internationally recognized expert on tax law, tax administration, and tax policy. His research has been cited by the U.S. Treasury Department, in testimony before both chambers of Congress, and many scholarly publications. News outlets that quote him include Marketplace, the New York Times, Popular Science, ProPublica, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and WNYC.

Outside the U.S., Professor Bearer-Friend has served as a Fulbright Scholar to the National Library of Scotland, a Hugh Ault Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh. The international scope of his research has also been recognized by the European Association of Tax Law Professors (EU), the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (Netherlands), the Society of Legal Scholars (UK), and the Tax Research Network (UK).

At GW Law, Professor Bearer-Friend teaches federal income tax, law of nonprofit organizations, and a seminar on redistribution and reparations. He joined GW after serving as Visiting Assistant Professor of Tax Law at NYU, where he taught courses on federal estate and gift tax, tax procedure, and tax policy. Prior to academia, Professor Bearer-Friend was Tax Counsel to Senator Elizabeth Warren. Professor Bearer-Friend was also an associate with DC tax boutique Ivins, Phillips & Barker, where he advised clients on federal income tax, estate and gift tax, and employee benefits matters.

Professor Bearer-Friend holds a JD from Stanford Law School, an MA from UC Berkeley, and a BA, magna cum laude, from Brown University. Prior to Brown, he attended Deep Springs College, a 26-student college on an operating cattle ranch and alfalfa farm.

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