Walter Schwidetzky

Visiting Professor of Law

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Professor Walter Schwidetzky joined the University of Baltimore faculty in 1985 and served as the director of the Graduate Tax Program from 1989 to 2000. Prior to joining the University of Baltimore, he practiced law in Denver 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’s specialty is partnership taxation. He has authored or co-authored 3 books and has published over 35 articles in academic and professional journals. Unusually for a law professor, many of articles have been appeared in peer-reviewed journals. Several of his publications have been cited by United States Courts of Appeal and Federal District Courts, and one article was discussed in some detail in an 8th Circuit decision.

In 2010, Professor Schwidetzky was made a member of the prestigious American Law Institute. In 2024, he was cited for his partnership taxation expertise in a front-page article in the Sunday New York Times that received over 1 million reads. He was cited by the New York Times again in 2025.

Professor Schwidetzky is a member of, and active in, the Partnership and LLC Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. Professor Schwidetzky frequently speaks on tax matters. In 2026, Prof. Karen Burke and he were part of a panel that presented a Tax Notes webinar that had over 1000 registrants. He is also spoken for the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany, the ABA Tax Section (numerous times), the ABA LLC Institute, the ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Baltimore’s Mannes Greenberg Tax Society, Strafford, and the Wilmington Tax Group.