Eric D. Chason

Associate Professor of Law

edchas|at|wm.edu

Degrees

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
B.A., Duke University

Areas of Specialization

Employee Benefits; Tax Law; Tax Law--Income; Trusts and Estates.

Teaching This Coming Year (2008-2009)

Corporate Tax

Representative Professional Activities & Achievements

Joined the faculty in 2004 and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke. He earned his J.D. at the University of Virginia, where he was a Notes Editor on the Virginia Law Review and recipient of the John M. Olin Student Fellowship in Law and Economics and the Edwin S. Cohen Tax Prize which is awarded to the most outstanding student in taxation in each graduating class. Before coming to William and Mary, he was a partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker, one of the leading tax firms in Washington, D.C., where he practiced in the areas of federal taxation, employee benefits, and estate planning.

Professor Chason's publications

Articles

Why Pension Funding Matters, 2007 N.Y.U. Rev. Emp. Benefits & Executive Compensation Ch. 10.
Naked and Covered in Monte Carlo, A Reappraisal of Option Taxation, 27 Va. Tax. Rev. 135 (2007).
Deferred Compensation Reform: Taxing the Fruit of the Tree in Its Proper Season, 67 Ohio St. L.J. 347 (2006).
Outlawing Pension-Funding Shortfalls, 26 Va. Tax. Rev. 519 (2006).
The Economic Ambiguity (and Possible Irrelevance) of Tax Transition Rules, 22 Va. Tax Rev. 615 (2003).
Settlements and Waivers Affecting Pension Benefits Under ERISA, 14 Benefits L.J. 61 (2001).
Co-author, Toward a Practical Estate-Tax Exclusion for Family-Run Businesses: Analysis of Section 2033A and Proposal for Reform, 32 Real Prop., Prob. & Tr. J. 571 (1998) (with Robert T. Danforth).
Co-author, The Proper Role of the Estate and Gift Taxation of Closely Held Business, 32 Real Prop., Prob. & Tr. J. 103 (1997) (with Robert T. Danforth).

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