Leslie M. Book

Professor of Law

Villanova University School of Law

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EXPERIENCE

Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA

Professor of Law, 2005-Present

(Asst. Professor of Law,

2000-2003; Assoc

. Professor of

Law,

2003-

2005). Awarded tenure in May, 2005

Director, Federal Tax Clinic, August, 2000-2007

Director, Graduate Tax Program, June, 2007-presentQuinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT

Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Federal Tax Clinic, 1997-2000Baker & McKenzie, New York, NY

Associate, Tax Controversy Group, 1994-1997. Worked on a variety of tax controversy

matters and in

support of securities and corporate departments in review and structuring of transactions

Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY and London, UK

Associate, Tax Department, 1990-1993 (London,

1991-1992)

Internal Revenue Service, Washington D.C.

Intern, Office of Associate Chief Counsel, (August to December, 1989). Assisted attorneys

on matters

related to branch responsibilities, including regulation projects, form revisions, and

review of private

letter ruling submissions relating to corporate restructuring and subchapter C matters

EDUCATION

New York University School of Law

LL.M., (Taxation), 1994

Honors and Activities: Tax Law Review Sc holar, Student-Editor, Tax Law Review

Stanford University School of Law

J.D., 1990

Honors and Activities: Co-Founding Editor, Stanford Law and Policy Review

Franklin & Marshall College

B.A., (Government), 1987

Honors and Activities: magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta

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PUBLICATIONS

Shorter Articles

CDP and Collections: Perceptions and Misperceptions, 107 Tax Notes 487 (2005).

24 A.B.A. NEWS Q. SEC. TAX= N. Point & Counterpoint: Should Co llection Due Process Be

Repealed?

11 (Fall 2004).

EITC Noncompliance: What We Don= t Know Can Hurt Them, 99 Tax Notes 1821 (2003).

Tax Clinics: Past the Tipping Point and to the Turning Point, 92 Tax Notes 1089 (2001),

reprinted in 34

Exempt Org. Tax Rev. 27 (2001).

The New Collection Due Process Taxpayer Rights, 86 Tax Notes 1127 (2000).

Commissioned Research

The Need to Increase Preparer Responsibility, Visibility and Competence, (Jan. 2009), in

National

Taxpayer Advocate 2008 Annual Report to Congress (Jan. 2009).

Study of the Role of Preparers in Relation to Ta xpayer Compliance with the Internal

Revenue Laws, in

National Taxpayer Advocate 2007 Annual Report to Congress (Jan. 2008).

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Book

nd

Michael Saltzman, IRS Practice and Procedure, (update author, revised 2 edition, 2009-

current).

Book Chapter

Co-author (with Karen Hawkins), "Civil Penalties," in Effectively Representing Your

Client Before the

nd

IRS (3. ed., 2004).

Authored or co-authored articles while at Davis Polk and Baker and McKenzie in practice

on

international tax and tax procedure, including articles in the Journal of Bank Taxation,

International Tax

Practice & Procedure and Tax Notes.

TESTIMONY & WRITTEN COMMENTS

Co-principal draftsperson of two written extensiv e ABA Tax Section comments on TIPRA

legislative

changes to the offer in compromise program, published in Tax Notes at 2006 TNT 150-13

(Aug. 4,

2006) and 2006 TNT 201-16 (Oct 18, 2006).

Co-authored written comments on IRS plan to precertify low income taxpayers for EITC

eligibility (with

Professors Nancy Abramowitz and Janet Spragens), reprinted in 100 Tax Notes 847 (2003).

In February, 2003, testified before the United States Department of the Treasury and the

Internal

Revenue Service regarding proposed regulations impos ing user fees on the submission of

offers to

compromise federal tax liabilities.

In July, 2001, invited to testify before the Over sight Subcommittee of the Ways and

Means Committee

of the United States House of Representatives on the importance of access to counsel for

lower-income

taxpayers, reprinted in Tax Notes Today, 2001 TNT 137-24 (July 17, 2001).

SELECT AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TAX SECTION ACTIVITIES

Member, Appointments to Tax Court Committee, (2008-current); Chair: Subcommittee on

Revising

Standards for Evaluating Reappointed Judges (2010-2011).

Chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section Low

Income Taxpayer Committee (2001-2003).

Named to Section Task Force on Pro Bono activities, February, 2001; Long-Range Planning

Task Force,

2011.

Appointed to the Committee on Pro Bono, 2003; Nominating Committee, 2004.

In 2003, I was a substantial contributor on comment s to the United States Department of

the Treasury

and the Internal Revenue Service regarding proposed regulations imposing user fees on the

submission

of offers to compromise federal tax liabilities

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In 2002, I was the principal draftsperson of ABA legislative recommendation with respect

to IRC

Section 7526. This proposal calls on Congress to increase funding for tax clinics,

clarify that funding is

not only intended to be start-up money, and clar ify that funding is principally to be

provided to

organizations providing free or nominal cost repr esentation to lower-income taxpayers

who have a

controversy with the IRS. The proposal was approved by the ABA House of Delegates.

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Board of Directors, Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP), an

organization dedicated to

providing indigent individuals equal access to the lega l system in civil matters by

referring them to

volunteer lawyers, paralegals, and others who provide services free of charge (2001-02).

Board of Directors, Connecticut Appleseed Foundation (2000).

Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel (2006-current).

Member, Council to the Philadelphia Ba r Association Tax Section (2006-2008).

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

American Bar Association Tax Section May Meeting (May 2011): panelist on role of Taxpayer

Advocate Service in tax administration.

University of Santa Clara Law School Critical Tax Conference (April 2011): presentation

of draft paper

on IRS rulemaking and low income taxpayers.

American Bar Association Tax Section May Meeting (January 2011): moderator of panel on

collection

due process developments.

University of Albany School of Law (October 2010): presentation on role of ombuds offices

in tax

administration in light of modern expectations of procedural justice.

American Bar Association Tax Section Joint Fall Meeting, Toronto, Canada (October 2010):

panelist

discussing comparative issues in tax collection

National Tax Association Spring Symposium on Tax Re form (May 2010): panelist and co-

sponsor of

symposium.

American Bar Association Tax Section May Meeting (May 2010): presentation on ethical

responsibilities for attorneys representing clients before the IRS where there is a

suspicion of client

misrepresentation of facts.

American Tax Policy Institute Fall Meeting (Sep . 2009): panelist and co-sponsor;

presentation on

regulating income tax return preparers.

American Bar Association Tax Section Plenary Presentation (September 2009): presentation

on

regulating return preparers.

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IRS Research Conference (July 2009): presentation at Georgetown Law School on

administrative and

legislative approaches to leverage tax return preparers to reduce the tax gap.

Stanford Law School Symposium on the Tax Gap (November 2008): presentation on the role

that refund

anticipation loans play in tax compliance.

Tax Analysts Policy Roundtable on Ten Year Anni versary of IRS Reform (July 2008):

panelist on

televised policy roundtable discussing th e future of IRS reform efforts.

Internal Revenue Service (December 2007): presentation to IRS employees and IRS grant

recipients on

IRS practice and procedure.

Tax Court Judicial Conference (April, 2007): presentation on increasing the tax bar s

commitment to pro

bono.

Internal Revenue Service (February 2007): as part of commissioned research project,

presented paper on

the role of tax preparers in the tax gap.

American University Washington College of Law (February 2007): presented draft paper on

increasing

the role of judicial review in tax collection at the Spragens symposium.

Internal Revenue Service Annual LITC Conf erence (December 2006): presented training

session on

litigating tax matters in the United States Tax Court.

University of Connecticut School of Law (November 2006): presented on the adverse impact

of IRS tax

collection practices on lower-income taxpayers.

Philadelphia VIP (November 2006): prepared a nd conducted training session new VIP

employees on

representing low-income taxpayers in controversies with the IRS.

American Bar Association Section of Taxation (M ay 2006): presented on litigating refund

matters in

district courts.

Acceptance of ABA Tax Section Pro Bono Award on Behalf of Janet Spragens (February 2006).

Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent (VIP): trained local volunteers and public

interest advocates on

representing low income taxpayers in tax controversies, (December 2005).

American Bar Association Tax Section Individual Income Tax Committee: panelist on the

future of

collection due process, (May 2005).

District of Columbia Bar Tax Section: panelist on a discussion of the deference afforded

IRS innocent

spouse and collection determinations, (December 2004).

IRS Annual Conference on Tax Clinics: plenary session presentation on collection due

process,

(December 2004).

Ohio Legal Service Conference: training on representation of lower-income taxpayers in

collection

matters, (December 2004).

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American University, Washington College of Law: presented advice on tax collection

procedures,

including collection due process rules, to audien ce of academic and legal service

practitioners, (May,

2004).

Rutgers University School of Law (Camden): presente d to the faculty my paper on tax

compliance that

ultimately appeared in the Kansas Law Review, (Sep. 2003).

Widener University Quick School of Business Administration: presented research on IRS

plan to

precertify low income taxpayers for EITC eligibility, attended by academics and local

community

activists working with free return preparation and financial literacy initiatives (Aug.

2003).

Masterman High School: presented in a series of lectures on legal careers, attended by

local high school

students, (May, 2003).

University of Kansas School of Law: presented at symposium my paper The Poor and Tax

Compliance:

One Size Does Not Fit All, (March, 2003).

Philadelphia VIP: organized and taught CLE course on litigating federal tax

controversies, (May, 2002).

LAW SCHOOL SERVICE

Admissions Committee (2000-06)

Appointments Committee (2005-06)

Building Committee (2002-07)

Clinic Committee (2009-10)

Faculty Compensation Committee (2006-07)

Chair, Graduate Tax Committee (2008-present)

Reimagining Curriculum Committee (2007-09)

Self-Study Committee (2002-03); (2009-10)

Tenure Screening Committee (2006-08); (2011-present)

Chair of Tenure Screening Committee (2008-09)

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

American Bar Association Tax Section Pro Bono Award (Jan. 2007): awarded to a Section

member who

devotes their time and energies to pro bono representa tion, particularly pro bono

representation of low-

income taxpayers.

Elected Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel (2006).

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut (on non-active status in

CT).

Admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court, the Court of Federal Claims,

United

States District Court for the Southern District of New York, United States

District Court for the District of Connecticut, United States District Court for the

Eastern District of

Pennsylvania, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and United States

Court of

Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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