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Bob Stack

Bob Stack

International tax lawyer; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs at U.S. Treasury Department; retired Managing Director at Deloitte Tax LLP

Jun 9, 2026

On Tax

On Tax

Bob Stack, formerly of the U.S. Treasury Department – LIVE at UVA School of Law

Jun 9 · 34m

Len Teti
Len TetiHOST
9:19
But tell us about how it struck you when you started really engaging with tax.
Bob Stack
Bob StackGUEST
9:24
A couple of things.
Bob Stack
Bob StackGUEST
9:25
I only took two tax courses in law school because I tried to take hard courses from good professors.
Bob Stack
Bob StackGUEST
9:31
By the way, that's a tip for students.
Bob Stack
Bob StackGUEST
9:33
Georgetown has wonderful professors, and I took Tax one and Tax two because I thought they'd be hard, and I figured I'd challenge myself.
Bob Stack
Bob StackGUEST
9:41
And I did well in both those courses, which sometimes in life you're kind of like a little surprised, like, "Dang, I was able to do well in tax? That's weird.
Bob Stack
Bob StackGUEST
9:49
Okay, put that aside." Then I go off to be a summer associate at Covington Burling in 1983.

5 MINS LATER

Len Teti
Len TetiHOST
14:56
[laughs]

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