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Miranda Perry Fleischer

Miranda Perry Fleischer is associate dean of faculty and the Richard and Kaye Woltman Professor in Finance at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Her research focuses on tax law and policy, wealth and wealth-transfer taxation, charitable giving and nonprofit law, universal basic income, and estate planning.

Fleischer previously served in multiple academic roles at the University of San Diego School of Law, including professor and director and co-director of tax programs. Earlier, she was a tenured or tenure-track professor at the University of Colorado Law School and the University of Illinois College of Law. She also served as an acting assistant professor of tax law and scholar in residence at New York University School of Law.

Before entering academia, she practiced as an estate planner at Shaw Pittman LLP and as a staff attorney at the Institute for Justice, a public-interest law firm. She also worked as an associate at Wiley, Rein & Fielding and clerked for Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Fleischer is the co-author of "Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know" and a co-author of "The Logic of the Transfer Taxes: A Guide to the Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers," as well as a contributor to "Federal Income Taxation: Principles and Policies."

Her honors include recognition as a Herzog Endowed Scholar, selection as a University Professor, the Thorsnes Prize for Excellence in Teaching, the University of Colorado Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award, and the Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award for Academic Achievement.

She earned an LL.M. from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, and a bachelor’s from Duke University.