Professor Ray Madoff 鈥榮 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, and听Marketplace). She has been quoted by national entities like听The New York Times听and听Wall Street Journal, while publishing numerous Op-Eds in the听New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Views,听and the听Boston Globe. She鈥檚 the author of the book,听Immortality and the Law: the Rising Power of the American Dead听(Yale), which looks at how American law treats the interests of the dead and what this tells us about our values for the living.听She is also the lead author of the book,听Practical Guide to Estate Planning听(CCH), and has written in a wide variety of areas involving property and death.听Professor Madoff was also featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education:听
