Kristin E. Hickman

Associate Professor of Law

314 Mondale Hall
229–19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-624-2915

khickman@umn.edu

Trinity University, B.S.
Northwestern University, J.D.

Professor Kristin E. Hickman joined the law school in 2004. She teaches and writes primarily in the areas of tax law, administrative law, and statutory interpretation. Her current research involves issues of judicial deference and statutory interpretation in the federal income tax context.

Her articles have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Virginia Tax Review, and other publications. Professor Hickman's work on Chevron's Domain (with Thomas W. Merrill) was cited by the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Mead Corp. (2001), and several of Professor Hickman's articles have been cited in judicial opinions and court briefs.

Professor Hickman received her B.S. degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting and a secondary major in history from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. After practicing for several years as a certified public accountant, Professor Hickman earned her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, where she was awarded the Raoul Berger Prize for her work on Chevron's Domain and the Lowden Wigmore Prize for her work on Should Advance Pricing Agreements Be Published?

Following law school, Professor Hickman clerked for The Honorable David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; practiced law as an associate with the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, concentrating on corporate and international tax transactions and matters; and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law during the 2003-04 academic year.

For further information on Professor Hickman, please consult her Curriculum Vitae.

PUBLICATIONS

Selected Publications

Administrative Law: Cases and Materials, Foundation Press (forthcoming 2010) (with Richard Pierce).

Thick Concepts in the Administrative State, (forthcoming, with Claire Hill).

Is a Coherent Definition of Tax Shelter Impossible?, (forthcoming, with Claire Hill).

A Path Out of the Thicket? Tax Code Interpretation, Administrative Law Compliance, and Informal Guidance, Mich. St. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009, solicited symposium essay).

A Problem of Remedy: Responding to Treasury's (Lack of) Compliance with Administrative Procedure Act Rulemaking Requirements, 76 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1154 (2008).

Swallows Holding Ltd. v. Commissioner: Limited Progress in Rejecting Tax Exceptionalism in Administrative Law, Engage (Vol. 9, Issue 2) (2008).

The Administrative Law of Borrowed Regulations: Legal Questions Regarding the Bankruptcy Law's Incorporation of IRS Standards, 2008 Norton Bankr. L. Adviser 1 (with Matthew Stephenson) (solicited).

In Search of the Modern Skidmore Standard, 107 Colum. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2007) (with Matthew D. Krueger).

Coloring Outside the Lines: Examining Treasury's (Lack of) Compliance with Administrative Procedure Act Rulemaking Requirements, 82 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1727 (2007).

Of Lenity, Chevron, and KPMG, 26 Va. Tax Rev. 905 (2007).

The Need for Mead: Rejecting Tax Exceptionalism in Judicial Deference, 90 Minn. L. Rev. 1537 (2006).

Evaluating DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno: The Constitutionality of State Tax Incentives, and Standing to Challenge Them, Legal Times (March 6, 2006) (solicited).

Taxpayer Standing and DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno: Where Do We Go from Here?, 110 tax notes 863 (Feb. 20, 2006), with Donald B. Tobin.

How Did We Get Here Anyway? Considering the Standing Question in DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno, 4 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 47 (2006) (symposium).

Foreword: DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno and the Constitutionality of State Tax Incentives for Economic Development, 4 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 15 (2006), with Sarah L. Bunce (symposium).

Chevron's Domain, 89 Geo. L. J. 833 (2001) (with Thomas W. Merrill).

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Interpreting the Pennsylvania Uniformity Clause, 62 Alb. L. Rev. 1695 (1999).

Should Advanced Pricing Agreements Be Published?, 19 NW. J. Int'l. L. & Bus. 171 (1998).