Tax LL.M. Faculty and Staff
The Graduate Program in Taxation faculty consists of full-time faculty at the
University of Washington School of Law, as well as prominent practitioners
throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Dwight Drake
Associate Professor of Law
Professor Drake joined the UW law school faculty in 2004 following a long career as a business and estate planning attorney and corporate executive. He has been an advisor and member of many corporate boards and took leaves from his practice to serve as a law professor and as the chairman and CEO of a large corporate brand promotion company. He has authored many works for lay and professional audiences, including a monthly training service for planning professionals that ran for eight years and the textbook Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises. Professor Drake teaches courses in antitrust, corporate and partnership taxation, estate and gift taxation, and business planning for private business owners, professionals, and entrepreneurs. ... more
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Michael Hatfield
Visiting Professor
Michael Hatfield (J.D., New York University) is a Professor of Law at Texas Tech University. Before joining the faculty in 2005, Michael was a shareholder in Schoenbaum, Curphy & Scanlan, P.C., in San Antonio, Texas where his practice was devoted to taxation and estate planning. Before moving to San Antonio, he was an associate in two New York City law firms: Debevoise & Plimpton and Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett. At Debevoise & Plimpton he was an associate in the tax department primarily concerned with the taxation of international private equity funds, and at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett he was an associate in the estate planning department. ... more
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Roland Hjorth
Garvey Schubert Barer Professor of Law
Professor of Law, Dean Emeritus
Professor Hjorth joined the UW law school faculty in 1964, becoming a full professor in 1969. Since 1964, he has been a visiting professor at New York University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Michigan, and the University of Florida. ... more
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Shannon McCormack
Assistant Professor of Law
Shannon Weeks McCormack joined the faculty of the University of Washington School of Law in 2012. Weeks McCormack received a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Mathematics from the University of Virginia in 2000 and received a Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2003. She practiced as a tax associate at Davis Polk and Wardwell's New York office from 2003 to 2004, where she focused primarily in the area of financial products, analyzing the tax consequences of complicated hybrid instruments. She then clerked for the Honorable Joseph H. Gale at the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C. until 2005. ... more
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Scott Schumacher
Associate Professor of Law
Director, Graduate Program in Taxation
Professor Schumacher is the Director of the Graduate Program in Taxation. He is also the Director of the Law School's Federal Tax Clinic. He teaches courses in taxation and White Collar Crime. Prior to joining the UW law school faculty full-time 2001, he was an attorney with Chicoine & Hallett, P.S., in Seattle, where his practice focused on civil and criminal tax controversy and litigation. He also served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division and an attorney-advisor to the Hon. Arthur L. Nims, III, Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court. He is admitted to the bars in Washington state, the U.S. Supreme Court, and numerous federal courts. Professor Schumacher is a member of the Audit Committee of the Law school Admissions Council (LSAC). ... more
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