Professor Ray Madoff ‘s areas of expertise include will contests, philanthropy, charitable deduction, estate taxes, inheritance laws, tax policy and wealth inequality, estate planning, rights of the dead, along with rights of privacy and publicity. A regular commentator on a number of these topics, Professor Madoff has testified before Congress and has appeared on national radio shows (On Point, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, Here & Now, andÌýMarketplace). She has been quoted by national entities likeÌýThe New York TimesÌýandÌýWall Street Journal, while publishing numerous Op-Eds in theÌýNew York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Views,Ìýand theÌýBoston Globe. She’s the author of the book,ÌýImmortality and the Law: the Rising Power of the American DeadÌý(Yale), which looks at how American law treats the interests of the dead and what this tells us about our values for the living.ÌýShe is also the lead author of the book,ÌýPractical Guide to Estate PlanningÌý(CCH), and has written in a wide variety of areas involving property and death.ÌýProfessor Madoff was also featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education:Ìý
