Rate My Professor John Eason

John Eason serves as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law in the Law faculty at Seattle University School of Law. He holds a B.S. cum laude with highest distinction in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1989), where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the UNC Undergraduate Honor Court; a J.D. summa cum laude from Duke University School of Law (1992), earning Order of the Coif, serving on the Duke Law Journal and Moot Court Board; and an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law (1999), graduating first in his class as Richard B. Stephens Scholar and recipient of the Outstanding Student of International Taxation Award.

Eason's career includes private practice as an attorney at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP (1992-1998); Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law (1999-2000); Associate Professor (2000-2006) and tenured Professor of Law (2006-2010) at Tulane University Law School; and since 2010, Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law, with roles as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2015-2017) and current Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. His teaching covers federal taxation, trusts and estates, nonprofit organizations, tax-exempt organizations, property, elder law, intellectual property survey, international tax, and tax policy. Research interests focus on federal taxation, trusts and estates, nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, asset protection, elder law, and property. Notable publications include "Motive, Duty, and the Management of Restricted Charitable Gifts," 45 Wake Forest L. Rev. 123 (2010); "The Restricted Gift Life Cycle, or What Comes Around Goes Around," 76 Fordham L. Rev. 693 (2007); "Policy, Logic, and Persuasion in the Evolving Realm of Trust Asset Protection," 27 Cardozo L. Rev. 2621 (2006); "Private Motive and Perpetual Conditions in Charitable Naming Gifts: When Good Names Go Bad," 38 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 375 (2005); "Retirement Security Through Asset Protection: An Evolution of Wealth, Privilege, and Policy," 61 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 159 (2004). He is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel (ACTEC) and has presented at conferences on philanthropy and donor intent at institutions including New York University School of Law and Fordham University School of Law. Eason has served on numerous academic committees, including chairing the Law School Budget and Financial Advisory Committee.