About Todd
Todd Gluth followed a steady academic trajectory before entering practice. He graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in 2000. He then earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2005. Later, he completed an Executive LL.M. at New York University School of Law in 2013.
After law school, he began work at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2005. That position preceded an associate role at Munger, Tolles & Olson in 2006. He then served as a law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens at the Supreme Court of the United States in 2007, a formative year that placed him inside the nation’s highest court during an active period of jurisprudence. He moved into private practice as a tax associate at Goodwin Procter LLP in 2008, where he handled matters arising at the intersection of tax and corporate law.
In 2014 he joined Cooley LLP as a tax partner. His resume shows steady progression through major firm environments and a federal clerkship that is relatively uncommon among tax practitioners. The combination of appellate experience, a Supreme Court clerkship, and work in established firms informs how he approaches complex tax questions. Colleagues and opposing counsel see someone who prefers careful analysis and concise argument.
He is admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts and is authorized in several federal venues, including the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Tax Court. Those admissions enable him to handle cases that range from district and appellate litigation to matters in specialist courts that decide tax controversies.
Gluth’s published academic credential—the Executive LL.M.—adds a layer of graduate study after years of practice. It suggests continued engagement with developments in tax law and policy. His earlier degrees supply a foundation in law and liberal arts that underpins his analytic style.
Today he works at Cooley LLP, where he has been listed as a tax partner since 2014. He handles federal and state tax matters, including tax litigation, regulatory disputes, and transactional tax issues at the firm.
