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David Williams II

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Vice Chancellor of Student Life and University Affairs .General Counsel and Secretary of Vanderbilt University .Professor of Law

Voice: (615) 322-8331
Fax: (615) 343-3930
Email: david.williams@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Room 305

Education

LL.M. (Taxation), New York University
J.D, M.B.A., University of Detroit
M.A. (Education) B.S., Northern Michigan University

Biography

David Williams joined the law faculty in 2000, when he also joined the university's administration. Vice-Chancellor Williams formerly served as Vice President for Student and Urban/Community Affairs and Professor of Law at Ohio State University, where he also directed the University of Oxford-Ohio State University Summer Program. He has published several articles on tax and tax-related matters and sports law, and has taught federal income taxation, business taxation and sports law. Vice Chancellor Williams has served as Vanderbilt's Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) and is a member of a number of ABA and NCAA committees, including the NCAA's A/E/C Cabinet and the ABA's Standing Committee on Public Education. In addition, he is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI). Before entering academia, Professor Williams worked as a tax specialist at Coopers & Lybrand in Detroit. He teaches a course on higher education law for law students and graduate students in education as well as law classes in Taxation of Non-profit Entities and Sports Law. He is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Nashville Branch Board of Directors.

Representative Publications

Articles

  • "Foreign Students and Scholars and the United States Tax System," 23 Journal of Law & Education 1 (1994)
  • "Lost in the Maze: The Subchapter S/Section 1244 Potential Tax Trap," 2 The Practical Tax Lawyer (1997) (with C. Gyles)
  • "A Warning on Employee Status: Individual Worker or Independent Contractor," 5 Business Law Today (1995)
  • "Prepaid Tuition Plans and Other Education Expense Assistance," in Prepaid College Tuition Plans: Promise and Problems (1993)
  • "Related Party Transactions and Constructive Ownership; Sections 267 and 318," Tax Management Inc. No. 554 (1992)
  • Foreign Students and Scholars and The United States Tax System (monograph, University of Houston Law Center, Institute for Higher Education Law & Governance, 1992)
  • "Is the Federal Government Suiting Up to Play in the Reform Game?," 20 Capital University Law Review 621 (1991)
  • "The Federal Enterprise Zone (EZ) Concept at the Federal Level: Are the Proposed Tax Incentives the Needed Ingredient," 9 Virginia Tax Review 711 (Spring 1990)


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