James Robert Monroe

Member of American Bar Association – Taxation Section
Member of Iowa Bar Association
Member of Florida Bar Association

ACADEMIC DEGREES

New York University – Master of Laws in Taxation
University of Iowa – Juris Doctor (Order of Coif)
University of Denver – Masters of Science in Business Administration
University of Northern Iowa – Bachelor of Arts (Business)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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

SEMINARS – EXAMPLES

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