Karen C. Burke
Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

B.A. 1972, Smith College;
M.A. 1975, Harvard University
Ph.D. 1979, Harvard University
J.D. 1982, Stanford University
LL.M. 1985, Boston University

 

Prior to joining the faculty in 2001, Karen C. Burke was the Dorsey & Whitney Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. After graduating from Stanford Law School, she clerked for Judge Robert E. Keeton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and practiced law with the Boston firm of Sullivan & Worcester. Professor Burke is a leading scholar in the area of corporate taxation, partnership taxation, and tax policy; her current research interests focus on statutory interpretation, tax shelters, and professional and ethical standards of tax practice. She is the author (or co-author) of five books, including Federal Taxation of Partnerships (with George K. Yin) (Aspen Law & Business, forthcoming 2009). Her recent articles include “Turning Slogans into Tax Policy” (with McCouch), Virginia Tax Review (2008), “Taxing Hot Asset Sales,” Florida Tax Review (2007), and “Social Security Reform: Lessons from Private Pensions” (with McCouch), Cornell Law Review (2007). Professor Burke has taught as a visiting professor on the law faculties of Boston College, University of Miami, University of Pennsylvania, and Washington & Lee. She was a Consultant to the ALI Federal Income Tax Project on the Taxation of Private Business Enterprises and the Joint Committee on Taxation’s Tax Simplification Project.