Gregg D. Polsky

Scarpa Distinguished Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship

Biography

Gregg Polsky is the Francis Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law at the University of Georgia School of Law.  He teaches and writes in the areas of federal income taxation and business law.  Professor Polsky's recent articles on private equity and venture capital tax strategies, corporate transactions, and executive compensation have appeared in leading academic law reviews and professional tax journals.  In addition to teaching at the University of Georgia, he has taught as a visiting professor at the law schools of New York University, Northwestern University, and Duke University.  During the 2007-2008 academic year, Professor Polsky served as the Professor in Residence in the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel.  Before becoming a law professor, he practiced tax law in the Miami office of White & Case LLP.  Professor Polsky is as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.  He received his JD and LLM in tax from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Practical Experience

• University of Georgia School of Law - Francis Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law
• University of North Carolina School of Law - Willie Person Magnum Professor of Law
• Florida State University College of Law - Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law
• Northwestern University, New York University, Duke University, and the University of Florida - Visiting Professor
• University of Minnesota Law School - Associate Professor and Professor of Law
• University of Minnesota Law School - Associate Professor of Law
• IRS Office of Chief Counsel in Washington, D.C - Professor in Residence
• Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN - Of Counsel
• White & Case, Miami, FL - Associate