Walter D. Schwidetzky
Professor of Law
B.A., 1974; M.B.A., 1978; J.D., 1978;
LL.M., 1984, University of Denver
Expertise
- Individual Taxation
- Partnership Taxation
Contact Information
Telephone: (410) 837-4410
Room Number: BC 483
E-mail
Administrative Assistant: Peggie Albiker, (410) 837-4470, (on campus x4470), LC 300
Courses Taught
various courses in the Graduate Tax Program
Professor Schwidetzky joined the faculty in 1985 and served as the director of the Graduate Tax Program from 1989 to 2000. Prior to joining the faculty, he practiced law in Denver, Colorado, for six years, concentrating in tax and business law. He was also an adjunct professor at the University of Denver College of Law.
Professor Schwidetzky co-authors Partnership Taxation (LexisNexis) and the Limited Liability Handbook (West). He also wrote the chapter on capital gains for the Matthew Bender Federal Tax Series. He has published several articles in the University of Virginia's Virginia Tax Review, and has also published articles in the Tax Lawyer, Tulane Law Review, University of Oklahoma Law Review, Southern Methodist University Law Journal, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, American University Journal of International Law and Policy, University of Baltimore Law Review, Taxation for Lawyers, Tax Management Real Estate Journal, Complete Lawyer and the Colorado Lawyer, among others.
Professor Schwidetzky is a member Partnership and LLC Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, and is active on that committee's LLC Subcommittee. He frequently lectures on tax matters and has lectured for the ABA Tax Section, the ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL), and other organizations. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Order of St. Ives, and the Colorado Bar.
Professor Schwidetzky's Articles on SSRN http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=243306
Books
Partnership Taxation, (LexisNexis 2006, 2008 second edition) (with Richard Lipton, Paul Carman and Charles Fassler)
Limited Liability Handbook, annual editions, Thompson/West (1994-2007) (with Villanova Dean Mark Sargent)
Articles and Essays
Integrating Subchapters K and S-Just Do It, 62 Tax Lawyer 749 (2009)
Family Limited Partnerships The Beat Goes On, 60 Tax Lawyer 277 (2007)
The Proposed Regulations on Noncompensatory Options, A Light at the End of the Tunnel, 21 Journal of Taxation of Investments 155 (2004)
Options to Acquire Partnership Interests, Can the Tax Law Keep Pace, 20 Journal of Taxation of Investments 99, (Winter 2003) (Lead Article)
Last Gasp Estate Planning: The Formation of Family Limited Liability Entities Shortly Before Death. 21 The Virginia Tax Review 1 (Summer, 2001).