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  • Danshera Cords

    Professor of Law
    518-445-2373
    dcord@albanylaw.edu
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Cour​se​s​​​

  • Federal Taxation/Corporations
  • Federal Taxations/Partnerships
  • Introduction to Taxation
  • Tax Policy and Social Justice
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  • Biography

    B.A. Business Administration, University of Washington, 1991
    JD, magna cum laude, Seattle University School of Law, 1998
    LL.M. Taxation, New York University School of Law, 2000

    Danshera Cords is a Professor of Law at Albany Law School. She teaches and writes in the area of tax law. Her teaching is primarily in the areas of partnership tax, corporate tax, individual tax and tax policy. Professor Cords has also taught Business Organizations and Chinese Law.

    Professor Cords' writing has been primarily in the areas of taxpayer rights and tax procedure. She speaks regularly around the country and has been repeatedly invited to speak on American Business and Tax Law in China. Beginning in the fall of 2013 she received an appointment as Distinguished Foreign Professor at the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics in China, a program sponsored by Shanghai Education Committee. She has also been invited to and has been a visiting professor at schools including Seattle University School of Law and University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

    Professor Cords has been teaching since 2002. Before joining the Albany Law School faculty in 2010, she was a Professor of Law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. At Capital, she served as the Academic Director of the Graduate Tax and Business program from 2005-2008. From 2000-2002, Professor Cords was an attorney-advisor to the Hon. Maurice B. Foley of the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C.

Bo​oks

  • Practice and Procedure in the U.S. Tax Court (Civic Research Institute, 2012)

Publications

  • How Can Green Tax Laws Spur Green Behavior? An Analysis of Chinese Tax Policy on Green Consumption, 17 Pittsburgh Tax Review 165 (2019) (with Zhigang Hong)

  • An Inflection Point for Disaster Relief: Superstorm Sandy, 35 Touro Law Review 925 (2019)

  • “Cheshire v. Commissioner” in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN TAX OPINIONS (Cambridge University Press 2017) (Bridget J. Crawford and Anthony C. Infanti, eds.)Link to Publication

  • Surviving Poverty in a Post-Welfare Reform America, ABA Tax Times, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2016).16feb-its-cords-surviving-poverty-in-a-post-welfare-reform-america.html

  • The Silent Transition from Capitalism to Equality in Government Offices, 43 Reviews in American History 274 (2015)Link to publication

  • Charity Begins at Home? An Exploration of the Systemic Distortions Resulting from Post-Disaster Giving Incentives, 44 Rutgers Law Journal 213 (2014)Link to publication

  • Practice and Procedure in the U.S. Tax Court (Civic Research Institute, 2012)

  • Lien on Me: Virtual Debtors Prisons, the Practical Effects of Tax Liens and Proposals for Reform, 49 University of Louisville Law Review 341 (2011)papers.cfm

  • Paid Tax Preparers, Used Car Dealers, Refund Anticipation Loans, and the Earned Income Tax Credit: The Need to Regulate Tax Return Preparers and Provide More Free Alternatives, 59 Case Western Reserve Law Review 351 (2009)

  • Charitable Contributions for Disaster Relief: Rationalizing Tax Consequences and Victim Benefits, 57 Catholic University Law Review 427 (Winter 2008)

  • Administrative Law and Judicial Review of Tax Collection Decisions, 52 Saint Louis University Law Journal 429 (Winter 2008)

  • Collection Due Process: the Scope and Nature of Judicial Review, 73 University of Cincinnati Law Review 1021 (Spring 2005)

  • Tax Protestors and Penalties: Ensuring Perceived Fairness and Mitigating Systemic Costs, Brigham Young University Law Review 1515 (2005)papers.cfm

  • How Much Process Is Due? I.R.C. Sections 6320 and 6330 Collection Due Process Hearings, 29 Vermont Law Review 51 (Fall 2004)

  • Tax Court appointments and Reappointments: Improving the Process, 45 U. Rich. L.Rev. 501 (2012)papers.cfm

Forthcoming Publications

Selected Achievements

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords presented "The Effect of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the NYSBA Municipal Law Section's Government Law Spring Forum in Albany on April 27, 2018.​

  • ​​Professor Danshera Cords presented on "How to Plan for Estate Taxes" at Albany Law School's Senior Citizens' Law Day on September 23, 2017.

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords was a panelist on October 20, 2016 discussing "What Next For Feminist Theory" based on her contribution, the rewritten opinion of Cheshire v. Commissioner, to be included in an upcoming volume Feminist Judgments, Rewritten Tax Opinions (Bridget J. Crawford and Anthony C. Infanti, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2017). The conference, The U.S. Feminist Judgments Project: Rewriting the Law, Writing The Future, was co-sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Law at the University of Akron School of Law and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law.

  • Professor Danshera Cords was named Foreign Distinguished Professor by the Shanghai Education Committee in China for the 2013-2014 academic year. She will be working with the law school at the Shanghai University for International Business and Economics, teaching and collaborating with that school's faculty on research.
  • Professor Danshera Cords delivered the presentation "Charity Begins at Home? An Exploration of the Systemic Distortions Resulting" at the Georgia State Risk Management and Insurance Seminar on Oct. 25, 2013.

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords presented “Let’s Get Together: What Tax Should Learn About Collaborative Regulation Development” at The University of Pittsburgh School of Law Tax Workshop on March 20, 2013.

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords delivered a presentation on "Collaborative Spaces: What Tax Can Learn About Developing Regulations" at the Central States Law Schools Association 2012 Annual Conference in Cleveland on Oct. 20.​

In the News

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords was quoted in the Weekly Journal (Puerto Rico) article "How the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Affects Charitable Giving" on August 7, 2019.

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords was quoted in the City & State article "Why hasn't New York charged Donald Trump for tax fraud?" on May 9, 2019.

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords was quoted in The Hill article "Legal obstacles to pursuing tax charges against Trump family" on October 5, 2018.

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords was quoted in the USA Today article "New York could levy hefty penalties if Trump tax fraud is proven" on October 3, 2018.

  • ​Professor Danshera Cords was quoted in the Bloomberg BNA article "Meet New Tax Court Judges: Elizabeth Copeland and Patrick Urda" on September 25, 2018.

  • ​​Professor Danshera Cords joined "The Capitol Pressroom" on June 6, 2018, to discuss New York's workarounds to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap, the IRS' response, and what it could mean for taxpayers.

  • ​​Professor Danshera Cords' article, "Surviving Poverty in a Post-Welfare Reform America," was published in the ABA Tax Times in February 2016.


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