Professor of Law
B.S., Arizona State University
M.B.A., Arizona State University
J.D., Arizona State University
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
E-mail:
rfmann@widener.edu Phone: 302.477.2159
Roberta F. Mann is Professor of Law at Widener's Delaware Campus. Professor Mann received her B.S. from Arizona State University in 1980; a Master's in Business Administration from Arizona State University in 1982; a J.D. from Arizona State University, cum laude, in 1987; and an LL.M., with distinction, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1995. At Arizona State University, Professor Mann served as Assistant Editor on the Arizona State University Law Journal.
Following graduation from law school, Professor Mann joined the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service for nine years. She then served on the Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (Committee of the United States Congress).
Professor Mann taught as a Visiting Professor of Law at University of California at Davis in 1995-96, and as an adjunct faculty member in the LL.M. in Taxation program at Georgetown University Law Center in 1996-97.
Professor Mann is admitted to practice in Arizona and the District of Columbia.
Professor Mann joined the faculty at Widener in July 1998. She teaches and writes in the areas of Federal Income Tax, Business Tax, International Tax and Tax Policy.
Professor Mann has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations, including the American Bar Association Tax Section, the Federal Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Section of Taxation and the Delaware Tax Institute. She is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. Professor Mann speaks frequently to local and national tax groups.
Selected Recent Publications Articles
- & Mona L. Hymel, Getting Into the Act: Enticing the Consumer to Become “Green” Through Tax Incentives, 26 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. L. Inst.) 10419 (2006).
- et al., The American Jobs Creation Act’s Impact on Individual Investors: A Monster of Complexity? 22 J. TAX’N OF INVEST. 187 (2005).
- On The Road Again: How Tax Policy Drives Transportation Choice, 24 VA. TAX REV. 587 (2005).
- Waiting to Exhale?: Global Warming and Tax Policy, 51 AM. U. L. REV. 1135 (2002).