George Willis

Professor George Willis is the Director of the Tax Law Clinic and the Administrator of the law school's Graduate Tax Programs. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from California State University, Long Beach and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Chapman University Fowler School of Law. He has achieved numerous advanced certifications in varied areas of development.

Professor Willis primarily teaches tax law clinic courses in which students represent taxpayers on a pro bono basis before the IRS and in the U.S. Tax Court. He joined Chapman in 1999 after working in practice as a Tax, Business and Estate Planning attorney serving individuals and close corporations. Before opening his practice, he worked for the Internal Revenue Service, Estate and Gift Tax Division and at the First American Corporation under their general counsel. Prior to his legal career, he was a Senior Engineer, working for nearly a decade with the Northrop- Grumman Corporation concentrating on special projects at their Advanced Systems (later called B-2) Division and other locations. He is a member of the American Bar Association section for Taxation and the Probate & Real Property Section. As part of the Tax Section, he is actively involved with the committee for Low-income Taxpayers and serves as the moderator of their listserv. He is also a member of the California Bar Association Taxation section and the Orange County Bar Association sections on Estate Planning, Probate & Trusts, and Taxation. He has served as a panelist and moderator at numerous American Bar Association (ABA) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) symposia. He also performs pro bono work as a member of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Pro Bono Panel, and as an attorney-volunteer for the Public Law Center in Orange County, California.

Courses Taught:

Client Interviewing & Counseling, Business Associations, Tax Law Clinic, and Tax Procedure and Admin Clinic.