Professor
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College Law School
885 Centre Street
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Telephone: 617-552-0926
Email: ray.madoff@bc.edu
Trusts & Estates
Estate Planning
Estate & Gift Tax
Taxing the Rich
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Ray Madoff is a professor at md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College Law School, where she teaches and writes in philanthropy policy, taxes, property, and estate planning. She is Co-founder and Director of the md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College Law School Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good, a non-partisan think tank that convenes scholars and practitioners to explore questions regarding whether the rules governing the charitable sector best serve the public good.
Madoff is the author ofÌýÌý(Yale University Press), which looks at how American law treats the interests of the dead and what this tells us about our values for the living. The Financial Times called it "a sparkling polemic." She is also the lead author on one of the top treatises on estate planning entitledÌýÌý(CCH).
Madoff’s expertise includes philanthropy policy, the rights of the dead (including the ability of the dead to control their bodies, reputation, and property), estate taxes, comparative inheritance law, and wealth inequality and taxes. A regular commentator on a number of these topics, Madoff has appeared on dozens of national radio shows includingÌýOn Point,ÌýTalk of the Nation,ÌýAll Things Considered,ÌýHere and Now, andÌýMarketplace, among others. Madoff is a frequent contributor to the opinion pages of theÌýNew York Times and has published op-eds in theÌýWashington Post, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç GlobeÌýand Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Among her professional activities, Madoff is a member of the American Law Institute, an academic fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel, and past president of the American Association of Law Schools’ Trusts and Estates Section. She was named a 2014 Top Women of the Law byÌýMass Lawyer’s WeeklyÌýand Critic of the Year byÌýInside Philanthropy.ÌýShe was also named to theÌýNonProfit TimesÌýPower & Influence Top 50 in 2017 and 2018 for her work promoting reform of the tax rules governing philanthropy.Ìý
An experienced mediator, Madoff is a leading authority on the use of mediation to resolve will and trust disputes. Prior to teaching, she was a practicing attorney for nine years in New York and md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç.
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