Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

John J. Potts

Professor of Law
John.Potts@valpo.edu
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Education

M.S., Northeastern University (1975)
J.D., Boston College (1974)
B.A., University of New Mexico (1969)

Research Interests & Courses Taught

Federal Income Taxation of Individuals; Federal Income Taxation of Corporations & Partnerships; Federal Income Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations; Legal Profession; Independent Reading & Research

Scholarly Works

Co-author, International Right to Life Federation Brief, in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, published in ABORTION LAW IN THE UNITED STATES, Vol. 1 FROM ROE V. WADE TO THE PRESENT (Jenni Parrish, Ed., 1995), (from the Garland Publishing, Law & Legal History 1997/98 catalog)

The Fourth Estate on the Third Trimester: Legal Analysis of This and Other Fiction in Newsweek Magazine, in WHEN LIFE AND CHOICE COLLIDE: ESSAYS ON RHETORIC AND ABORTION, VOL. 1, TO SET THE DAWN FREE, WORLDS IN CONFLICT SERIES 33 (David Mall ed., 1994)

Did Your Law Professor Tell You Basis Means Cost? The Recognition Theory of Basis, 22 VU L Rev. 233 (1988)

Distinctions & Awards

Valparaiso University School of Law Distinguished Service Award (1997)

Professional Activities

Chairman, Board of Directors, Section of Taxation, New Mexico State Bar Association
President, St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of the Diocese of Gary, Fall 1995 - Summer 1997

 

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