His teaching and scholarship focus primarily on business, transactional, and tax matters. Prior to teaching, he practiced in the mergers and acquisitions department of Friday, Eldredge & Clark in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His publications include Enduring Design for Business Entities (forthcoming Utah L. Rev. 2015); Analogical Exercises for Transactional Drafting (with Emily Grant) 36 U. Haw. L. Rev. 403 (2014); Partisan Politics and Income Tax Rates, 2013 Mich. St. L. Rev. 703; and Making Plaintiffs Whole: a Tax Problem of Interest, 64 Okla. L. Rev. 325 (2012). He holds a J.D. from the University of Arkansas and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University.