Meade Emory was the Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Washington. He was also of counsel in the Seattle law firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, where he specialized in federal taxation. He served as Assistant to the Commissioner of the IRS for tax administration policy and as Legislation Counsel to the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue taxation of the U.S. Congress. Mr. Emory was a collaborator on the first edition of Boris Bittker's Federal Taxation of Income, Estates and Gifts and has written extensively on taxation in various law publications.