Peter Faber

Mr. Faber is a partner in the New York City office of the law firm of McDermott, Will&Emery. He graduated from Swarthmore College with high honors and from Harvard Law School, cum laude. He has served as Chairman of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation and is a member of the Section's Committees on Corporate Taxes (of which he is a past Chairman) and on State and Local Taxes. He is a former Chairman of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section.

Mr. Faber is a member of Governor Cuomo's Council on Fiscal and Economic Priorities and is Chairman of the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Committee on Taxation and Public Revenue. He serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Mr. Faber has served on the Governor's Temporary Commission to Review the New York Sales and Use Tax Laws and as a member of the New York State Legislature's Tax Study Commission's Policy Advisory Group. He currently serves as a member of the New York State and City Tax Appeals Tribunals' Advisory Committees and two advisory committees to the New York State Tax Department.

Mr. Faber has lectured on state and local taxation at the Georgetown University Institute on State and Local Taxation, The Interstate Tax Conference, the National Tax Association, The NYU Annual Institute on State and Local Taxation, and before many other professional groups. He is the author of many articles on state and local taxation.