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Joy Mullane (JD 99, LLMT 03)
Assistant Professor of Law, Villanova University
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Senior research editor on Florida
Law Review
• Clerked for the Honorable Susan H.
Black on the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 11th Circuit
• Associate specializing in employee
benefits and financial products tax
at Davis & Harman, Washington,
D.C., 2003-2005
I was bitten by the teaching bug during my second year of law school when I worked
as a teaching assistant for two of my professors. I thoroughly enjoyed working with other
students, helping them comprehend legal concepts as well as improve their analytical and
writing skills.
Several years after graduation, however, I continued to work in private practice at a
Washington, D.C., boutique tax firm. I was fortunate to be working with a phenomenal
group of attorneys on both technical tax matters and more policy-oriented matters related
to employee benefits. While I enjoyed my practice tremendously, I knew I ultimately
wanted to take the time to fully explore issues of interest to me and use my own voice
rather than a client-directed voice.
When the opportunity arose in 2005 to return to the Levin College of Law as a
visiting assistant professor, I knew the time was right to pursue my academic interests.
I am now thrilled to be a member of the Villanova faculty, teaching in both the J.D. and
Graduate Tax programs.
Richard Mombrun (LLMT 89)
Assistant Professor of Law, Florida A&M University
I started teaching Tax in the fall of 2004. One or two weeks into the class, a
student asked me when they were going to go through a 1040 form. I responded to
her: not in this class. That was the last time I saw her.
I lost a few more students who were not willing to go through the challenges of
the class. Although most students appeared interested, I was not sure whether I had
gotten anybody excited about tax as my first tax teacher, Walter Nunnallee, had me.
The following semester, I heard a timid knock on my door. It was the quietest
student in the class. She proceeded to tell me how exciting the class was to her and
how she loved the challenges I put the class through by forcing them to back their
answers with applicable code sections. I was floored!
This is when I decided that I had made the right move after all (the student, along
with a classmate, is currently pursuing an advanced taxation degree at the University
of Florida).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Accepted in the Graduate Tax
Program at the University of
Florida
• Published regulations while at
the IRS
• Book, A Complete Introduction
To Corporate Taxation, with
Gail Levin Richmond (Nova
Southeastern University School
of Law)
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