Karen C. Burke
Warren Distinguished Professor of Law
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. She 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.
Professor Burke is the author (or co-author) of five books, including Federal Taxation of Partnerships (with George K. Yin) (Aspen Law & Business, 2009). Her recent articles include: "The Sound and Fury of Carried Interest Reform," 1 Columbia Journal of Tax Law (forthcoming); "Carlisle: A 'Hollow Victory'?" (with McCouch), 124 Tax Notes 169 (2009); "COBRA Strikes Back: Anatomy of a Tax Shelter" (with McCouch), 62 Tax Lawyer 59 (2008); and "Is the Corporate Tax 'Broken'?," 28 Virginia Tax Review 341 (2008).
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.
