Education
B.S., College of William and Mary, 1975
J.D., Arizona State University, 1977
LL.M., New York University, 1982
About
Professor Mark R. Gillett, who joined the OU law faculty in 1987, taught Wealth Transfer Taxation, Wills and Trusts, Estate Planning, and Fiduciary Income Tax. He received his B.S. (Mathematics and Computer Science) from the College of William and Mary, his J.D. from Arizona State University, and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University.
Gillett was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 1978 and practiced law and was a partner in Stanley, Lande and Hunter, a firm in Muscatine, Iowa, prior to joining the faculty.
Since 1985, he has been the author of estate practice software which was originally published by Shepard’s/McGraw-Hill and subsequently by The West Group. In 2005, he released the Gillett Estate Management Suite which prepares federal estate and gift tax returns and fiduciary accountings.