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Ann Murphy
Ann Murphy
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Ann Murphy
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Biographical Information
Professor Murphy joined the faculty in 2000, after working as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service for nearly 15 years. While with the I.R.S., she tried 50 cases before the United States Tax Court, dealing with issues including fraud, business deductions, mergers and acquisitions, TEFRA partnerships, corporate expenses, and exempt organizations.
Teaching Areas
- Individual Federal Income Tax
- Evidence
- Taxation of Exempt Organizations
- Wills and Trusts
Awards and Honors
- Fulbright Lecturer: Beijing, People's Republic of China, 2007-2008
- Orland Professor of the Year
Publications
- Federal Rules of Evidence, textbook, pending, Aspen Press
- Law Review: Murphy, Ann, Campaign Signs and the Collection Plate - Never the Twain Shall Meet?, 1 Pittsburgh Tax Review 35 (Fall 2003)
- Law Review: Murphy, Ann, Spin Control and the High-Profiile Client - Should the Attorney-Client Privilege Extend to Communications with Public Relations Consultants?, 55 Syracuse Law Review 545 (2005)
- Law Review: Murphy, Ann, Please Don't Bury Me Down in That Cold Hard Ground: The Need for Uniform Laws on the Disposition of Human Remains, 15-2 The Elder Law Journal, 381 (2007)
- Book: Murphy, Ann, Federal Tax Practice and Procedure 2004-present (contributing and upkeep author) (LexisNexis, ed.)
- On-line Book: Murphy, Ann, Member of the Editorial Board - The LexisNexis Topical Federal Tax Service, 2005 (LexisNexis, ed.)
- Book Chapter, Reader in American Law for Chinese Law Students (Pending), Joint Project of Fulbright Foundation and the Hong Kong America Center, Chapter on Evidence
- Article: Murphy, Ann and Wei, Xiong, A Comparison of Tax Filing Procedures in the United States and China, Practitioners' Corner, Tax Notes International, September 8, 2008
- Article: Murphy, Ann, Cheshire: Putting the Brakes on Innocent Spouse Relief?, November 6, 2000 (Tax Analysts, Tax Notes Today, ed.) Subsequently quoted in "Spouses are Guilty until Proven Innocent to the IRS," U.S. News and World Report, February 19, 2001 at 64.
- Article: Murphy, Ann, The Ten Deadly Sins: A Law With Unintended Consequences - renamed Send the 10 Deadly Sins List to Expurgatory, August 5, 2002. (co-authored with David Higer) (Tax Analysts, Tax Notes Today, ed.)
- Book Chapter: Murphy, Ann, Tax Aspects of Divorce, Washington Law and Practice Manual, Chapter IX, Domestic Relations Practice, (Washington State Bar Association, ed.)
- Book Chapter: Murphy, Ann, Community Property Deskbook, Chapter Seven, rewrote Innocent Spouse section, Taxation, (Washington State Bar Association, ed.)
Presentations
- Guest Speaker, Wuhan University, Wuhan, PRC; Fudan University and Eastern China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, PRC; University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, PRC; Xiamen University, Xiamen, PRC
- Guest twice on the "Mark Fuhrman Radio Show"; spoke about evidentiary privileges
- Oregon State Bar Association CLE on Tax Procedure, 2004
- Washington State Bar Association CLE on Community Property, Nov. 10, 2003
- Washington State Bar Association CLE, Family Law Tax Issues, Nov. 2, 2000
- Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting, July 12, 2001
- Idaho State Bar, Family Law Section - Family Law 2001, October 5, 12, 19, 2001 (three locations - Post Falls, ID; Idaho Falls, ID; and Boise, ID)
- The University of Montana - Missoula 49th and 50th Annual Tax Institutes, October 26-27, 2001, and November 8-9, 2002
- Idaho State University, College of Business 43rd Annual Idaho State Tax Institute, Nov. 2-3, 2001
- Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants, 2000 Tax Forum, November 6, 2000; 2008 Tax Forum, Dec. 2008
- Gonzaga University School of Law Tax Institute at Priest Lake, ID, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004
- Program Co-Chair, Washington State Bar, Association, "Understanding Business Entities in the Estate Planning Arena, plus Trust and Estate Litigation and Alternatives," Feb. 15, 2001
