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William H. Lyons Visiting Fall 2009
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William H. Lyons is the Richard H. Larson Professor of Tax Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) College of Law, where he has taught since 1981. He is widely regarded for his tax expertise, is a Fellow and Regent of the American College of Tax Counsel, and held a Professor-in-Residence post in the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.
Professor Lyons is very active with the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, where he is managing editor of The Tax Lawyer; former chair of the Committee of Individual Investments and Workouts, active on the committees on Bankruptcy & Workouts, Teaching Taxation, and Low Income Taxpayers; and former Co-Vice Chair of the section's I.R.C. Section 108 Real Estate and Partnership Task Force. He is also a member of the ABA’s Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
At UNL, Professor Lyons is Faculty Advisor to the Volunteer Tax Assistance (VITA) Program and one of the faculty advisors to the Interschool Appellate Moot Court Competition Teams. He teaches courses in Business Entitites Taxation, Business Planning, Corporate Income Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Problems, Individual Income Taxation, Legal Research & Writing, Partnership Taxation, Tax Policy Seminar, Tax Policy, and Wills & Trusts.
At UM Law, Professor Lyons will teach Partnership Tax and co-teach Bankruptcy Tax with Professor Frances Hill during the fall 2009 semester.
