Peter Wiedenbeck
Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property
Peter Wiedenbeck studies federal income tax law and in the tax and labor law regulation of employee benefit plans. He is author of two books on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the co-author of casebooks on federal income taxation, employee benefits, and partnership taxation. His publications also include many law review articles exploring diverse issues of tax and employee benefit law.
- Education
- University of Michigan, J.D. (1979)
- University of Toronto, B.Sc. (1976)
- Courses
- Federal Income Taxation
- Employee Benefits: ERISA & Tax
- Estate and Gift Taxation
- Corporate Taxation
- Partnership Taxation
- Areas of Expertise
- Federal Income Taxation
- Tax Policy
- Employee Benefits
- Wealth Transfer Taxation
- Publications
Select publications:
Books:
- BASIC FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION (with William D. Andrews) (Aspen Pub. 8th ed. 2024)
- ERISA PRINCIPLES (with Brendan Maher) (Cambridge Univ. Press 2023)
- EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (with Russell K. Osgood) (West Academic Pub. 2d ed. 2013)
Articles:
- The Executive Compensation Threat to Retirement, 26 FLA. TAX REV. ___ (forthcoming 2023) (with Norman Stein)
- Untrustworthy: ERISA’s Eroded Fiduciary Law, 59 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1007 (2018)
- “Ninety-Five Percent of [Them] Will Not Be Missed”: Recovering the Tax Shelter Limitation Aspect of ERISA, 6 DREXEL L. REV. 515 (2014)
- Invisible Pension Investments, 32 VA. TAX REV. 591 (2013) (with Rachael K. Hinkle & Andrew D. Martin)
- Taxes and Healthcare, 124 TAX NOTES 889 (Aug. 31, 2009)
- ERISA’s Curious Coverage, 76 WASH. U. L.Q. 311 (1998).
- Implementing ERISA: Of Policies and “Plans”, 72 WASH. U. L.Q. 559 (1994).
- Activity and Affiliations
- U.S. Department of Labor, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, member 2020–2021, chair 2022
- Invited Witness, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, 2017
- Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, 2014
- National Academy of Social Insurance, 2005
- Tax Adviser, Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities, 1981
- Honors and Awards
- Washington University Law Alumni Association Teaching Award (2007)
- Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property (2004)
- Washington University Distinguished Faculty Award (2003)
- Teacher of the Year Award (2003, 1997, 1995)
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