For three decades, Richard C. Litwin has helped resolve State and Local Tax issues for individuals and businesses. Since 2008, his Georgia-based, national practice has been 100% dedicated to State and Local Tax law issues with state taxing agencies in Georgia, in other U.S. states and in multiple states and jurisdictions for tax law. As a former Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Section of the Georgia Attorney General’s Office, Richard leverages insight and experience from the perspective of a taxing authority. Before building his own state and local tax practice, Richard was a partner with a boutique litigation firm in Atlanta. Early in his career Richard was a tax accountant at the former Arthur Andersen and worked in the Criminal Division of the State of Georgia, Department of Law, where he represented the State of Georgia in capital felony appeals before the Supreme Court of Georgia. Richard is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He has earned the highest national peer rating (AV rated) by Martindale-Hubbell for his counsel in State and Local Tax Law and has been named to Georgia’s list of Super Lawyers every year since 2008 and to the Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia for Tax Law in 2011, 2012, 2021, and 2022. U.S.News & World Report includes Richard among the list of “Best Lawyers and Law Firms” for State and Local Tax law. In 2021, Richard was voted by his professional peers as the 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for metro Atlanta in the category of Tax Litigation/Controversy. Richard Litwin speaks frequently on State and Local Tax issues. He has articles published in the Georgia Bar Journal and other national publications and law journals. He earned his law degree from Emory University School of Law and earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of South Carolina (USC). He is an active volunteer for Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta.