Jesse Kirchner

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Shadow self-portrait on a boulder-strewn trail

Member, Michigan Tax Tribunal (2026–now)
Appointed by Governor Whitmer to resolve tax disputes

Senior Tax Counsel & Tribal Liaison, Department of Treasury (2022–2026)
Analyzed statutes, recommended policy, oversaw litigation, relating to indirect taxes
Represented the department in interactions with Indian tribes, including administering state–tribal tax agreements

Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University College of Law (2016–2022)
Taught 1L research, writing, and advocacy in the law college's RWA program

Judicial Law Clerk, Michigan Supreme Court (2015–2022)
Hon. Elizabeth Clement (2017–2022)
Hon. Joan Larsen (2016–2017)
Hon. Stephen Markman (2015–2016)

Associate, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC (2011–2015)
General litigation in state and federal courts as well as administrative bodies
Seconded to D.C. Legal Aid Society for 7 months, representing tenants in housing matters

Education

JD, cum laude, University of Michigan Law School (2011)
Managing Executive Editor, U of M Journal of Law Reform, volume 44

MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (2003)
Thesis: Dispersion in Spatially Periodic Chromatography Media

BS, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000)
Thesis: Drift Gas Optimization for Cylindrical Geometries with Application to the Largest Detector to Date

Publications

Copland & Kirchner, Virtual Persuasion: Advice from the Michigan Supreme Court, Mich. Bar J., Aug. 2020, at 42
Portnoy et al., The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: 2012 Year in Review, 20 L. & Bus. Rev. Ams. 565 (2014)
Means et al., Perez v. MBA Is Unlikely to Provide Regulatory Relief, Law360, Dec. 1, 2014
Means et al., To Label or Not to Label? Companies May Have No Choice, Law360, Sept. 30, 2014
Overview of Administrative Agencies (Wolff & Kirchner eds., 2014 update), in American Law of Mining ch. 185 (2d ed. 1984)
Selected Administrative Procedures and Practice Topics (Wolff & Kirchner eds., 2014 update), in American Law of Mining ch. 186 (2d ed. 1984)
Portnoy et al., The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: 2011 Year in Review, 19 L. & Bus. Rev. Ams. 139 (2013)
Overview of Administrative Agencies (Nathanson et al. eds., 2013 update), in American Law of Mining ch. 185 (2d ed. 1984)
Selected Administrative Procedures and Practice Topics (Nathanson et al. eds., 2013 update), in American Law of Mining ch. 186 (2d ed. 1984)
Kirchner & Hasselbrink, Dispersion of Solute by Electrokinetic Flow Through Post Arrays and Wavy-Walled Channels, 77 Analytical Chemistry 1140 (2005)
Kirchner et al., Optimization of Drift Gases for Accuracy in Pressurized Drift Tubes, 474 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A 238 (2001)
Becker et al., Consistent Measurements Comparing the Drift Features of Noble Gas Mixtures, 421 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A 54 (1999)
Fortunato et al., A Systematic Study of Electron Drift for Gaseous Chamber Design, Conference Record, 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, at 106
Kirchner, Fire-Breathing, Face Paint, and Blood—Kiss Returns, The Tech, Jan. 22, 1997, at 13

Admissions & Memberships

Licensed in Michigan (P75717)

Ingham County Bar Association