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Professor Book joined the Villanova Law School the Fall of 2000, where he is the Director of the Federal Tax Clinic. Professor Book received his B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College (magna cum laude), his J.D. from Stanford University School of Law, and his LL.M (Taxation) from New York University School of Law. At Stanford Law School, he was a founding editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review, and at New York University School of Law he was a student-editor at the Tax Law Review. Prior to coming to Villanova, he was an associate in the New York and London offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell and at the New York office of Baker & McKenzie, and he was an Assistant Clinical Professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, CT.
He is an authority on tax procedure and issues affecting the low income taxpayer community. Book’s most recent article, forthcoming in the Houston Law Review, analyzes and critiques the collection due process provisions and places tax collection determinations in a broader administrative and constitutional law landscape. Prior to that, in articles in the Oregon and Kansas Law Reviews and Tax Notes, Book extensively analyzed the IRS’s administration of the earned income tax credit and the compliance problems associated with delivering benefits through the tax system.
Book has testified before Congress and the Treasury Department on issues relating to the fair administration of our nation’s tax laws, including the importance of access to legal services for lower-income taxpayers and the impact of imposing user fees on taxpayers wishing to compromise their tax liabilities. A frequent speaker and presenter, Book is the immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation Low Income Taxpayer Committee, and a member of the ABA Tax Section’s Court Procedure, Administrative Practice, Pro Bono, and Nominating Committees.
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