Biography

Professor Lederman joined the Maurer faculty in 2004. In 2015, she spent the fall as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. In 2005, she received the New York University School of Law Alumni Association Legal Teaching Award; in 2009, she received a Trustees' Teaching Award from the Maurer School of Law; and in 2012, she received its Leon H. Wallace Teaching Award. Before joining the Indiana Law faculty, Lederman spent 10 years teaching elsewhere, most recently at George Mason University School of Law, where she was recognized by George Mason University for excellence in teaching in 2001. She spent the 2002-2003 academic year at the University of Texas School of Law as a visiting professor. She also regularly teaches a short course in U.S. Tax Law at the University of Navarra.

From 1990-1992, Lederman practiced law as an associate at the New York office of White & Case. From 1993 to 1994, she served as an attorney-advisor to Judge David Laro of the United States Tax Court.

Lederman teaches income tax, corporate tax, tax policy colloquium, and a seminar in tax procedure. Her research interests include policy issues in the areas of federal income tax law (individual and corporate), tax controversies, and tax administration. Her work often draws upon law-and-economics insights, and has included empirical analyses of outcomes in U.S. Tax Court cases.

Lederman has written numerous articles, and she presents her work regularly at conferences and workshops. She has co-authored a casebook on tax controversies and a student guide to corporate taxation. She is a Vice-Chair of the ABA Section of Taxation Tax Policy and Simplification Committee. She is also a past chair of the executive committee of the Tax Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and, in 2012, completed a term as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Tax Association. She was an associate editor of the ABA Section of Taxation NewsQuarterly from 2002-2015 and, in 2009, completed a two-year term as chair of the Section's Teaching Taxation Committee.