Assistant Professor
B.A. The University of Michigan
J.D. Wayne State University Law School
LL.M. (Taxation) Wayne State University Law School

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Marjorie Gell is a tax professor at Cooley’s Grand Rapids campus, where she teaches income tax at both the J.D. level, as well as in Cooley’s Graduate Tax Program

She was previously a partner at Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones in Grand Rapids, where her practice included all aspects of federal, international, and state and local tax planning, along with general business planning and counseling. She was also formerly a tax attorney at Raymond & Prokop in Southfield, Michigan, as well as a tax consultant with KPMG LLP, an international accounting firm where she specialized in advising clients on state and local, federal and international tax matters.

Professor Gell is currently an elected member of the Michigan Tax Council, the governing body of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and also serves as a member of the State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on Libraries, Legal Research, and Legal Publications. She has authored numerous tax articles in national and state tax journals. From 2005-2007, she was the editor in chief of the Michigan Tax Lawyer, and is its current co-editor.

Before joining the Cooley full-time faculty, Ms Gell was a visiting professor of Tax at the Grand Rapids campus, as well as an adjunct professor of Tax Research in Cooley’s Graduate Tax Program. She was also an instructor of Tax Research at Wayne State University's M.S.T. program.

Professor Gell is the founder, former executive director and current Communications Chairperson of the Michigan Women's Tax Association, an organization of women accountants, attorneys, tax professors, students and members of Michigan industry. She is also president of the Cameron Foundation (an organization that supports various Michigan charities), as well as a board member of the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids.

At Cooley, Professor Gell teaches Federal Income Tax and Tax Research.

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