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F. Ladson Boyle
| Title: | Charles E. Simons, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Federal Law |
| Joseph F. Rice School of Law | |
| Email: | lad@boyleslaw.net |
| Phone: | 803-777-6885 |
| Office: |
1525 Senate Street |
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Background
Professor Boyle specializes in taxation and estate planning. He practiced law for seven years before joining the USC Law faculty in 1982.
Selected Scholarship
Books
- Blattmachr on Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts, 17th ed. (with Jonathan G. Blattmachr) (Practising Law Institute, 2018–present, with annual supplements).
Articles
- 2010: It Was a Good Year to Die... Or Was It?, 45 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 589 (2011) (with S. Alan Medlin and
Howard M. Zaritsky). - Construing Wills and Trusts During the Estate Tax Hiatus in 2010, 36 ACTEC Law Journal 272
(2010) (with S. Alan Medlin and Howard M. Zaritsky). - Intentional Grantor Trusts, 44 Real Prop., Tr. & Est. L.J. 207 (2009) (with Stephen R. Akers and Jonathan G. Blattmachr).
- The Rehnquist Court - Nineteen Years of Tax Decision, 25 Va. Tax Rev. 451 (2005).
- When It's Broke ─ Fix It: Reforming Irrevocable Trusts To Change the Tax Consequences, 53 Tax Law. 821 (2000).
- Present Interest Gifts in Trust: Donor and Donee Problems, 29 Gonzaga L. Rev. 454 (1994).
Education
- LL.M., New York University
- J.D., University of South Carolina
- B.S., College of Charleston