Jeffrey L. Kwall

Kathleen and Bernard Beazley Research Professor
Loyola University Chicago
Jeffrey Kwall

Jeffrey L. Kwall is the Kathleen and Bernard Beazley Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He was a leading force in developing Loyola's innovative and expansive tax law curriculum, its tax certificate program and its accelerated LL.M in taxation program. Professor Kwall is the author of THE FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AND THEIR OWNERS, Foundation Press (5th edition 2016), which over its history, has been adopted at more than 60 law schools. He has published tax articles in many journals including the North Carolina Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, Florida Tax Review and Virginia Tax Review. Professor Kwall has testified before the House Ways & Means Committee on the tax reform of closely-held businesses.

Professor Kwall was awarded a B.A., summa cum laude, from Bucknell University where he received the Gretzinger Prize for the highest standing in economics. He received an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He served as Of Counsel to the law firms of Schwartz & Freeman and Michael Best & Friedrich for more than twenty years. Professor Kwall is a member of the Corporate Tax Committee of the American Bar Association and the Executive Committee of the Federal Tax Committee of the Chicago Bar Association (having served as a former Chair of that Committee).

Education:
J.D., Pennsylvania, 1981
M.B.A., Wharton, 1981
B.A., Bucknell, 1977

Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolios:
(Commissioned) 566 T.M., Tax Consequences of Contingent Payment Transactions (co-author)