Professor Tom Cooke of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University serves the Academic Director for Fundamentals of Business and has been involved in this unique program for high school students since its inception. Professor Cooke specializes in the Legal Environment of Business and Federal Income Taxation. Professor Cooke's current research focuses on federal tax law changes, ethics and professional responsibility and tax practice and procedure. He has also authored a number of articles on legal liability, tax ethics and the various tax acts.
Professor Cooke is also the Editor of The Federal Tax Alert and The Tax Client Newsletter.
At The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, Professor Cooke teaches courses in Business Law: The Legal Environment of Business and Federal Income Taxation. Professor Cooke serves as a faculty co-director of the McDonough Business School's Global Experience Vietnam program. The program is available to second year MBA students.
A member of The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University faculty since 1976, Professor Cooke has been named a Distinguished Teaching Professor. In 1996, Professor Cooke was awarded the Georgetown University Vicennial Medal. He is also a recipient of the Georgetown University Distinguished Teaching Award.
Prior to joining The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University faculty, Professor Cooke served as both an Assistant State's Attorney and Assistant Public Defender for Montgomery County, Maryland.
Professor Cooke is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Society of Tax Professionals. He is also a member of many professional associations, including the Maryland State Bar Association, DC. Bar Associations, and American Business Law Association.
Education
- M.L.T. (1985) Georgetown University Law Center,
- LL.M. (1976) Georgetown University Law Center,
- J.D. (1974) Georgetown University Law Center,
- B.A. (1971) Villanova University
