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Michael Mulroney

Professor of Law Emeritus

Office: 324 Law School Building
Phone: 610-519-7044
Fax: 610-519-6282
Email: mulroney@law.villanova.edu

Biography

Until his retirement, Professor Mulroney served as the Director of the Villanova Graduate Tax Program and Professor of Law, teaching in both the JD and Graduate Tax Programs.  He worked closely with the Tax Clinic, serving as both Acting Co-Director and Senior Advisor.  He taught as an adjunct professor in Georgetown's graduate tax program.  He remains active on a consulting bais to these programs and teaches in the Graduate Tax Program.  Prior to joining the Villanova faculty in 1988, Professor Mulroney clerked for the U.S. Tax Court, was an appellate attorney in the Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, and spent 25 years as a partner in a Washington D.C. tax specialty firm.

Professor Mulroney is a member of the ABA Tax Section and the managing editor of its quarterly journal, The Tax Lawyer.  He is an active member of the tax sections of the D.C. Bar, the Iowa Bar, the Federal Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools.  He is also a member of the Philadelphia Tax Conference, the International Fiscal Association's U.S.A. Branch, the International Fiscal Research Institute Council of Experts and the J. Edgar Murdock Inn of Court.

Professor Mulroney has written several articles and several books on various aspects of taxation, including Federal Tax Examinations Manual (1985 & Supps.) and Foreign Taxation (1990).  In 1993, he was the recipient of the BNA Tax Management Distinguished Author Award.

Professor Mulroney holds a Sports Car Club of America competition racing license.

Courses and Seminars

  • Introduction to Federal Taxation
  • Legal Profession
  • Tax Research and Writing
  • Professional Responsibility in Federal Tax Practice Symposium