Alan L. Feld

Biography

A member of the faculty since 1971, Alan Feld has testified before a number of congressional committees on issues surrounding tax laws. Before coming to Boston University, he practiced tax and corporate law at two New York firms: Barrett Knapp Smith & Schapiro and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. From 1996 to 2004 he was affiliated with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Burt, Maner, Miller & Staples.

Professor Feld is the co-author of a major corporate tax casebook, Federal Income Taxation of Corporate Transactions and Patrons Despite Themselves: Taxpayers and Arts Policy. In addition, he is the author of Tax Policy and Corporate Concentration. He has been published in the nation’s leading tax law journals and his most recent written works include “Preserving Basis After Redemption” (Tax Notes), “Rendering Unto Caesar or Electioneering for Caesar? Loss of Church Tax Exemption for Participation in Electoral Politics” (Boston College Law Review) and “Congress and the Legislative Web of Trust” (Boston University Law Review). He has written articles on tax issues for Newsweek and The Washington Post, as well.

Over the years, Professor Feld has taught a number of courses at Boston University in the areas of tax law, law and the arts, nonprofit organizations and legislative process. In 2002, he received the School’s Michael Melton Award for Teaching Excellence. In addition to his responsibilities at Boston University, he has served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard University, the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania, and as Professor-in-Residence at the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. Professor Feld served as co-reporter for the American Law Institute project on Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations from 2000 to 2004 and now serves on the advisers group.