Through the Looking Glass Symposium XXIII

Edward McCafferyis a partner and senior counsel in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and is a member of Seyfarth’s Business Services Department. Mr. McCaffery practices in the area of trusts and estates, taxation and intellectual property.

He is also the Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law at the University of Southern California School of Law, where he teaches classes in income taxation, property, corporate tax and partnership tax. From 1995 to 2006, Mr. McCaffery was also a Visiting Professor of Law and Economics at the California Institute of Technology, teaching public finance and law, law and economics, and law and technology (including intellectual property law).

Ed McCaffery's scholarship has been widely cited by economists, government officials, journalists and policy analysts. Among his publications are his recent books, Behavioral Public Finance (which McCaffery co-edited); Fair Not Flat: How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler, which proposes a tax system based on taxing spending rather than income; and Taxing Women, which examines how working women suffer under current tax laws. Other publications include Rethinking the Vote: The Politics and Prospects of American Election Reform, which he co-edited.

In an effort to reach a wider audience to explain basic concepts of tax and public finance, McCaffery created the People’s Tax Page and a series of animated cartoons featuring Sabrina the Unicorn. McCaffery is a frequent commentator on a variety of tax issues on CNN and The Huffington Post.

Edward McCaffery will discuss the practical applications of recent developments for current estate planning practices. He will also discuss
planning opportunities and pitfalls going forward. As always, Ed will shed light on current developments relevant to practitioners and their clients.