Krista M. McCarden
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Krista M. McCarden
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.Total Records: 1Biography
Ms. McKarden began her legal career with Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles and has practiced tax law internationally. During her first two years of practice, she was selected as a Washington, D.C. delegate by the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association Taxation section. She later clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City. Prior to joining the faculty of Pepperdine School of Law, Professor McCarden practiced tax law in Paris and in London with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
McCarden has been named as a top scholar in the field of social entrepreneurship and impact investing by an Oxford University/SAID Business School study sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation. Her scholarship focuses on tax law and policy, especially international taxation and the tax treatment of charitable giving. McCarden has published articles in the U.S. and in the U.K., and she has been invited to present her scholarship throughout the country and internationally.
Bar Admission
California, 2003
Other Affiliations
AALS Section on Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Executive Committee, Treasurer, 2018 Elected 2013
Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS), Selected as 2019 presenter for Tax Policy in the 21st Century workshop and for Works-In-Progress Workshop
National Center for Philanthropy and the Law (NCPL), New York University School of Law, Annual Conference Auditor
Junior Tax Scholars Group, Selected for membership in 2012 and selected participant in Junior Tax Scholars Workshops in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Critical Tax Scholars Group, Selected participant for 2017-2019 Annual Critical Tax Theory Conferences
Assisted with organizing 2019 Annual Critical Tax Theory Conference
Nonprofit Law Professors Blog, Selected as Contributing Editor
International Fiscal Association (IFA) Member, Selected Participant in at the 66th Annual Conference-International Tax Research Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts
American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section Member, Selected to Design and Participate in 2019 Midyear Conference on Impact Investing Panel and as a Presenter for 2019 Annual Meeting
Tulane Tax Institute Planning Committee, Selected as Member in 2018
New Orleans Planned Giving Council, Selected as Presenter for June 2019 meeting
Education
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Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998 B.S.
Honors: magna cum laude, John B. Harvard Scholarship for Academic Achievement of the Highest Distinction, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholar, Harvard Faculty Scholarship, Dean’s List, University Endorsement for the Rhodes Scholarship, Radcliffe College Presidential Commendation, Kappa Alpha Theta Scholarship Award
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Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003 J.D.
Honors: cum laude