For Guidance You Can Trust

James Monroe

Attorney at Law

Bar Admissions

  • American Bar Association - Taxation Section
  • Iowa Bar Association
  • Florida Bar Association

Education

  • New York University - Master of Laws, Taxation
  • University of Iowa - Juris Doctor, Order of Coif
  • University of Denver - Master of Science, Business Administration
  • University of Northern Iowa - Bachelor of Arts, Business

Academics

  • Supervising Attorney - Drake University Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (2012 - 2014)
  • Professor of Law - Drake University Law School (1984 - 2014)
  • Associate Professor of Law - Drake University Law School (1981 - 1984)
  • Instructor - CLU-CLFC Courses, American College of Life Underwriters (1979 - 1986)

Courses Taught

  • Federal Income Tax
  • Business Tax
  • Income Tax Clinic
  • Business Planning
  • Negotiations
  • Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations
  • State and Local Taxation
  • Federal Tax Procedure
  • Agricultural Tax Seminars
  • Wills and Trusts

Publications

  • Tax Anatomy of Debt Restructuring - 42 Arkansas Law Review 1 (1989)
  • Chapter 27A - Real Property Tax Appeals in American Law of Real Property, Edited by Arthur Gaudio, (1993)
  • Paper Presented on Farm Tax Restructuring
  • Self-Employment Tax Avoidance - Iowa State Bar Association Tax School
  • Presented Paper on Nonfiler Study to IRS National Research Conference
  • Restructuring of Agricultural Enterprises - From a Tax Perspective - Drake
  • Agricultural Law Journal

Examples of Seminars

  • Drake University - Agricultural Law - Form of Business; New Developments;
  • Restructuring Farm Businesses
  • Iowa State Bar Association - Annual Review - Federal Taxes; Deductibility of Expense for Small Businesses; Life Insurance Trusts; Like/Kind Exchange
  • IRS National Research Conference - Presentation on Nonfilers
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