Omeed Firouzi is a Practice Professor of Law and Director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic.
He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and in the U.S. Tax Court. In the Temple Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, Professor Firouzi represents low-income individuals with controversies before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and in certain income tax disputes with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and the Philadelphia Department of Revenue. Professor Firouzi supervises a staff and law students, in this course, as they engage in client casework, outreach and education, and research.
Prior to joining Temple Law, Professor Firouzi was a staff attorney in the Taxpayer Support Clinic at Philadelphia Legal Assistance. There, he represented dozens of workers who were misclassified, by their employers, as independent contractors and thus owed more in taxes, and got fewer benefits, than they were due. He also represented many other low-income Philadelphians in IRS tax controversies. Professor Firouzi also served as an American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Taxation Christine A. Brunswick Public Service Fellow from 2018 to 2020, focusing on worker misclassification.
In addition to leading Temple’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, Professor Firouzi conducts research and writes on taxation, tax procedure, and worker classification. He remains active in public service and is a member of the IRS Advisory Council for a 2025-2028 term in the Subcommittee on Fairness in Tax Administration. He also remains active in the ABA Tax Section, including currently as Vice Chair of the Section Pro Bono and Tax Clinics Committee and formerly as a 2023-2024 Nolan Fellow.
He is a 2020 “Bar Star” award recipient from both the Tax Section and the Young Lawyers’ Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Professor Firouzi also produces a podcast, Tax Justice Warriors, and is an occasional author on Procedurally Taxing. He holds a J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law where he earned the Dorothy Day Award for pro bono service and Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from The George Washington University where he earned the Baer Award for Individual Excellence.