Tony Luppino
Anthony J. "Tony" Luppino | |
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| Rubey M. Hulen Professor of Law | |
| Director, Entrepreneurship Programs at UMKC | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Stanford University School of Law |
| Profession | Professor of law |
| Website | law |
Anthony J. "Tony" Luppino is an American lawyer, law professor, and entrepreneur.
Education
Luppino received his A.B. from Dartmouth College, graduating magna cum laude in 1979. He was accepted to Stanford Law School, becoming an editor of the Stanford Law Review and receiving his J.D.in 1982. Returning to Masachusettes, he became an associate attorney at the Boston law firm Herrick and Smith, from 1982-86. While practicing, he earned his LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law in 1986, resuming his editorial duties for the Boston University Journal of Tax Law. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity.[1]
Professional career
After completing his LL.M., Tony accepted a position at the midwest law firm Brown, Koralchik & Fingersh, in Overland Park, Kansas in 1986, becoming a Partner in 1988. When the firm diverged a year later, he became a Partner in the new offshoot firm of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh in Kansas City, Missouri, where he practiced from 1989-94. His final role in private practice was as a member of the Lewis, Rice & Fingersh L.C., from 1994-2001.[2]
Luppino joined the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School in 1994, where he taught Partnership Taxation as an adjunct faculty member until 2001. He then became an Associate Professor from fall of 2001 until fall of 2010, awarded tenure in 2005, before being promoted to Full Professor in fall 2010.[3]