Bio
Professor Romey is also Visiting Law Professor in Tax for the University of San Francisco School of Law. She was formerly the Senior Counsel for San Francisco’s Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel (Small Business/ Self-Employed Division), she is an experienced litigator skilled in tax controversy, directed trial teams and successfully litigated United States Tax Court trials. Prior to her work with the IRS, she worked in private practice focusing on real estate property tax transactions, and tax controversy.
Professor Romey is skilled at litigation, researching and defending tax positions, and delivering advice to tax auditors. She has developed and analyzed effective tax audit strategies, and advised and counseled international audit teams on legal and procedural issues.
Professor Romey joined the full-time faculty as the Litigation Center Director at Golden Gate University to manage day-to-day litigation center operations, teach evidence, trial advocacy, tax litigation, depositions, and to lead the national trial team. Developed and instructed in the nationally recognized Honors Summer Trial Advocacy Training Program.
She has curated a technology litigation summit, and hosted and managed an annual national mock trial competition. Created an innovative curriculum for advanced litigation skills training, and regularly instructed for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). Provided multiple nationwide trainings in conducting on-line proceedings, effective cross-examination, deposition skills, trial advocacy, and tax litigation.
Throughout her academic and professional career, she was an active leader on committees and in volunteer efforts for state and local bar associations. Former California State Bar Taxation Section Executive Committee member, held roles of Annual Meeting Speaker Chair, 2016 DC Delegation Chair, and Associate Articles Editor for the tax section’s quarterly law journal. Currently serving as Co-chair of ABA Evidence – Criminal Tax Sub-Committee, California State Bar Taxation Section Advisory Board, Queen’s Bench Education Committee, AALS Evidence Committee Treasurer, and AALS Women in Legal Education Committee Member.
Selected Scholarship
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No More Document Dumps or Secret Subpoenas: Amending the U.S. Tax Court Rules to Conform to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Streamlining Pretrial Discovery
The Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review 2020