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I. Richard Gershon
P.O. Box 535
Charleston, S.C. 29402

Office:
385 Meeting Street, 3rd floor
(find office on campus map)

Phone: 843.377.2145

Email: rgershon@charlestonlaw.edu

Career

LL.M. 1983, University of Florida.
J.D. with honors 1982, University of Tennessee.
B.A. 1979 University of Georgia.

Dean, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

Professor and associate dean, Stetson University College of Law; director, Institute for Space Law and Commerce

Assistant professor, Ohio Northern University College of Law.

Special assistant general counsel, State Bar of Georgia.

Published in the Nova Law Review, the Cumberland Law Review and the Ohio Northern Law Review.

I. Richard Gershon
Professor of Law

Prior to joining the faculty of the Charleston School of Law, Richard Gershon served as the law school's founding dean. Under his leadership, the law school attained provisional accreditation with the American Bar Association. In May of 2008, Gershon was
awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) by the Charleston School of Law.

His previous experience was as Dean at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth Texas, where he helped lead the law school to full approval by the American Bar Association. The Alumni Leadership Award at Texas Wesleyan is named for him.

Dean Gershon was also on the faculty at Stetson University School of Law from 1984-1998. He was the Academic Associate Dean at Stetson from 1988-1992.

Course Interests/Research/Teaching Areas

Estates & Trusts
Estate & Gift Taxation
Estate Planning
Federal Income Taxation
Moot Court
Real Property
Taxation of Business Entities (Partnerships, Corporations and Subchapter S)
Tax Planning Seminar

Publications

Books:

Guide to the Internal Revenue Code, Fourth Edition, Matthew Bender (November 1999); Third Edition (January 1997); Second Edition (January 1995); First Edition (May 1988). Fifth Edition (to be completed December 2006).

International Tax Guide: United States Income Taxation (with Cooper), Callaghan & Company (June 1991).

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Selected Articles:

"Using Socio-Economic Theory to Teach Tax Law," 41 U San Diego L Rev 201.

Essay: "Field of Deans." 33 Toledo L. Rev. 49 (2001 Leadership in Legal Education Symposium).

"Tax-Exempt Entities: Achieving and Maintaining Special Status Under the Watchful Eye of the Internal Revenue Service." 16 Cumberland L. Rev 301.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association
Charleston Bar Pro Bono Board
Charleston Jewish Federation, Board Member
Florida Bar Association
Georgia Bar Association
International Tax Section of the Texas Bar
Rotary Club of Charleston, Board Member
The United States Tax Court

Personal Interests

Hockey
Running
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