Heather M. Field, Associate Professor of Law
Mailing Address:
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415.565.4716
Email: fieldh@uchastings.edu
Courses Taught: Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships (F 2007); Advanced Issues in Corporate & Partnership Taxation (F 2007); Federal Income Taxation (For First-Year Students) (SP 2008); Tax Policy Seminar (SP 2008)
Expertise: Tax.
Heather Field grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a B.S. in biochemistry, and she received her J.D., also magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. During law school, she taught in Harvard's legal research and writing program. After graduating from law school, Professor Field spent six years working as a tax lawyer at Latham & Watkins LLP, where her practice focused on the federal taxation of corporations and partnerships and involved advising clients on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings, joint ventures, securities offerings, financial products, and structured finance transactions.
Professor Field joined the Hastings faculty in 2006. She teaches courses in taxation, and her research interests include the effect of tax law on businesses and on business transactions.