Frank J. Doti
Professor of Law and William P. Foley II Chair in Corporate Law and Taxation

Email: fdoti@chapman.edu
Phone: (714) 628-2511

Professor Frank Doti is the William P. Foley II Chair in Corporate Law and Taxation and Director of the Juris Doctor Tax Law Emphasis. He has over 40 years of tax law experience, first as an associate attorney with McDermott, Will & Emery, a major international tax law firm. Next he was Vice President and Director of Taxes for the multinational Leo Burnett advertising agency. He has taught tax law since 1982 and developed the first U.S. Tax Court clinical education program in California. Professor Doti founded and directs Chapman's Juris Doctor Tax Law Emphasis program. He has published numerous works in the tax law field and is a member of the ABA Committee on Teaching Taxation. His CD set for law students on federal income tax law is part of Westlaw's Distinguished Professor Series. The California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization has certified Professor Doti as a tax law specialist. He received a B.S. in Accountancy and a CPA certificate from the University of Illinois in 1966, and a Juris Doctor cum laude from Chicago-Kent in 1969. Professor Doti also teaches contract law and is the author of Contract Law Flowcharts and Cases published in 2007 and 2009 by Thomson-West.

Courses Taught: Contracts, Estate and Gift Taxation and Federal Income Tax

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