David A. Weisbach is the Walter J. Blum Professor of Law and the Kearney Director of the Program in Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. He has clerked with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and worked as an associate in the law firm of Miller & Chevalier. In 1992, Mr. Weisbach joined the Department of the Treasury, where he worked as an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Tax Legislative Counsel and, subsequently, as associate tax legislative counsel. He is primarily interested in issues relating to federal taxation.

Experience

• Kearney Director, Program in Law and Economics, July 2001-present; Walter J. Blum Professor of Law, 2000-present; Associate Professor of Law, 1998-2000, University of Chicago Law School
• Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1996-98
• Associate Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy, 1995-96; Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Tax Legislative Counsel, 1992-95, U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Associate, Tax Group, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D.C., 1990-92
• Judicial Clerk, Judge Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Chicago, Illinois, 1989-90

Education