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Norm Richter

  • Adjunct Lecturer
Academic Division: Accounting & Law
Before joining Babson as lecturer, Norm was the chief tax executive for three large publicly traded multinational corporations, each in different industries (diversified industrial, pharmaceuticals/biotech, medical devices). Prior to working in industry, Norm worked in all three branches of the Federal government in various tax roles. In Washington, D.C., he led the international tax counsel group in the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, served as majority tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, and clerked for a judge of the U.S. Tax Court. Norm also was adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School, and currently is Lecturer at Boston University Law School. Before joining the staff of the Senate Finance Committee, Norm was a tax attorney with the Steptoe & Johnson law firm in Washington, D.C.. He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Academic Degrees

  • JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • BA, Dartmouth College

Academic Interest / Expertise

Tax Policy, Tax Law, Transactional and International Tax

Courses

  • Degree Courses 2025

    • TAX 3650 TAX POLICY
  • Degree Courses 2024

    • TAX 3500 TAXES
    • TAX 3650 TAX POLICY
  • Degree Courses 2023

    • TAX 3500 TAXES

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Richter, N.B., Hannah, C., Hanlon, M., Schler, M. (2022). The Rise of the Minimum Tax. Taxes - The Tax Magazine.