Professor Andrew Appleby focuses his teaching and scholarship on tax and business law. He has particular expertise in state and local taxation, taxation of the digital economy, sports taxation, and applied tax policy.

Professor Appleby has published more than twenty articles, with his scholarship appearing in leading law reviews including the Harvard Journal on Legislation, Pepperdine Law Review, Arizona State Law Journal, Tennessee Law Review, and Maryland Law Review.  Professor Appleby’s commentary has also been featured across major media outlets, including The New York Times, Bloomberg, Law360, Tax Notes, and ESPN.

Professor Appleby co-authors the leading treatise on state taxation, Hellerstein’s State Taxation (3d. ed) (with Jerome Hellerstein & Walter Hellerstein), which is cited regularly by the United States Supreme Court and many other courts across the nation.

Prior to joining the Winston Law faculty, Professor Appleby was a member of the Stetson University College of Law faculty for seven years. While at Stetson, Professor Appleby received the Excellence in Teaching Award (voted on by the graduating class) and the Hand Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship.

Prior to joining academia, Professor Appleby practiced tax and corporate law at leading law firms for nearly a decade. Most recently, he was special counsel in the tax group in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP’s New York office. Professor Appleby was a partner in the tax group in Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP’s New York office, and an associate in the corporate group in Alston & Bird LLP’s Atlanta office. Prior to his legal career, Professor Appleby was an information technology and business consultant.

Professor Appleby earned an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, where he participated in the Graduate Tax Scholar fellowship program. He earned a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, where he was the business editor of the Wake Forest Law Review. Professor Appleby also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, and a B.S. from Florida State University.

• Education & Experience
• Publications

LL.M. (with distinction), 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
J.D. (cum laude), 2008, Wake Forest University School of Law
M.B.A., 2004, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
B.S. (magna cum laude), 2003, Florida State University

Curriculum Vitae

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

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