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University of Wyoming

James Delaney

JAMES M. DELANEY

AssOCIATE Professor of Law

Office: 214 College of Law Building
Telephone: 307-766-2182
Email address: jdelaney@uwyo.edu

James Delaney was appointed assistant professor in the College of Law on August 26, 2003. Before joining the Wyoming faculty, Professor Delaney worked at Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle, Washington. At Perkins Coie, LLP, he advised international and domestic clients in the areas of corporate, partnership and personal U.S. federal tax law.

Prior to his tenure with Perkins Coie, LLP, Professor Delaney served as an Attorney Advisor to the Honorable Robert P. Ruwe, Judge, United States Tax Court. He also served as a student editor of the Florida Tax Review and notes & comments editor of the Gonzaga Law Review.

Professor Delaney's research interests are focused on domestic and international tax law. He teaches courses on basic federal income taxation, corporate taxation, partnership taxation, estate & gift taxation, estate planning and trusts & estates.

Education

B.A., Economics, University of Washington (1985)
J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, Magna Cum Laude (1992)
LL.M., Taxation, University of Florida (1997)

Recent Publications

Where Ethics Merge With Substantive Law – An Analysis of Tax Motivated Transactions, 38 Indiana Law Review 295 (2005).

Recent Presentations

Funding Buy-Sell Arrangements with Life Insurance Proceeds, Wyoming State Bar Association, Laramie, Wyoming, August 16, 2006.

Funding Buy-Sell Arrangements with Life Insurance Proceeds, Washington State Bar Association, 50th Annual Estate Planning Seminar, Seattle, Washington, November 8, 2005

The Tax Anatomy of an LLC Agreement, 53rd Annual Tax Institute, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, October 28, 2005

Partnership Special Allocations, 52nd Annual Tax Institute, University of Montana Missoula, Montana, November 5, 2004

Using the Tax Code to Expand the Pie, ABA Dispute Resolution Conference, Seattle, Washington, April 4, 2002