About 
Michelle Kwon
Associate Professor of Law
J.D., 1998, Texas Tech University
B.B.A., 1990, University of Texas
Michelle Kwon
Courses Taught
- Contracts I
- Income Taxation of Business Organizations
- Tax Practice and Procedure
About
Professor Kwon joined the UT faculty in 2011 after three years at Texas Tech University School of Law where she taught corporate tax, partnership tax, state and local tax, accounting for lawyers, and transactional practice. Before entering academia, she was an associate and eventually a partner in the Dallas office of Thompson & Knight LLP, where she concentrated her practice in corporate tax. She was also a senior attorney in the IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel for two years where she represented the IRS in U.S. Tax Court with specific emphasis on cases involving foreign currency option tax shelters and cases of individuals and small businesses. Professor Kwon is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Tax Court.
Professor Kwon speaks and writes about the ability of the IRS to effectively administer the tax system and enforce the tax laws. Her scholarship has been published in the Virginia Tax Review and the Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal.
Professor Kwon was honored to receive the Texas Tech University 2009-10 Hemphill-Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award, which is presented to only one recipient for the entire university. She was also named a Texas Rising Star in tax law by Texas Monthly in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Michelle received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1998 where she was the Lead Articles Editor of the Texas Tech Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.