Faculty

SMU Dedman Law’s Tax faculty are some of the most respected scholars and professors in the country. Courses are taught by the law school's faculty and adjunct professors who are experienced, practicing tax specialists in DFW area law firms, and corporate law departments.

 

Christopher H. Hanna

Alan D. Feld Endowed Professor of Law and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor

Professor Hanna has a passion for the Tax LL.M. program at Dedman Law. He teaches income taxation, international tax, advanced corporate tax, and partnership tax, and he has received nine teaching awards while at SMU Dedman Law.

His former students have described him as “the greatest tax lecturer ever.” His unique skills in international tax law have made him a prized commodity for consulting firms, universities, and government entities all around the world.

In 2000, he assisted the U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation in its complexity study of the U.S. tax system. A few years later he returned to assist the joint committee in its study of Enron. For seven years, beginning in 2011, he served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Tax Reform to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and became a principal drafter of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – the first major tax reform in 30 years.

 

Orly Mazur

Associate Professor of Law

Professor Mazur teaches and writes in the area of tax law and policy. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of tax law and technology, international and comparative taxation, and taxation in the digital economy. Her work has been published in numerous journals, including the California Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, Columbia Journal of Tax Law, among other law review and peer- reviewed journals.

Professor Mazur is actively involved in the academic and legal community. In 2022, Professor Mazur was appointed to serve as Vice-Chair to the International Tax Committee of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas. She is also a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has served as a member of the executive committee of the American Association of Law Schools’ Section on Taxation since 2019 and currently serves as its chair

 

Carliss Chatman
Associate Professor of Law

Christine Hurt
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, Business and Securities Law and Professor of Law

Carla L. Reyes
Associate Professor of Law

Joshua Tate
Professor of Law

Gregory Mitchell
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law, Federal Tax Clinic

Dennis Drapkin
Professor in Practice