James Plecnik

You can contact James Plecnik at [email protected].

James Plečnik is an associate professor of accounting at Loyola Marymount University, where he teaches tax courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His research expertise includes U.S. tax policy, tax avoidance/planning, and applied ethics. His research on these topics has been published in the Journal of Management Accounting Research, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Taxation, the American Taxation Association Journal of Legal Tax Research, among others.

James earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in philosophy from Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina, a master’s degree in taxation from the University of Memphis, and a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Memphis. He is a CPA with experience in both public accounting and small business.