Faculty and Administration Profiles

Samantha Galvin

About

Prof. Galvin is an expert in tax controversy resolution for low-income taxpayers and teaches and supervises law students as they represent taxpayers before the IRS. Before joining Loyola, Prof. Galvin taught and directed the LITC at the University of Denver.

She has given numerous presentations to the tax community and public interest organizations. She has authored and co-authored chapters in the 7th, 8th, and 9th editions of ABA Tax Section publication, “Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS.” She also contributes monthly to Procedurally Taxing, a blog that addresses topics of interest for tax practitioners and academics.

Prior to entering academia, Professor Galvin was a summer clerk at the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C. and an associate at an employee benefits and executive compensation consulting firm in Denver.

Degrees

J.D, University of Denver
B.A. in Communication Studies, Eastern Illinois University

Courses Taught

Federal Tax Clinic

Selected Publications

Procedurally Taxing, https://www.taxnotes.com/procedurally-taxing 

Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS, American Bar Association Author, 9th Edition (forthcoming), Chapter 14: Collection Due Process and Equivalent Hearings

Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS, American Bar Association Author, 7 th Edition (published 2018) and 8th Edition (published 2021), Chapter 29: Understanding the Affordable Care Act and Its Impact on Low-Income Taxpayers