Robert D. Plattner is the Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Tax Policy Analysis for the New York State Department of Finance and Revenue. Previously he was Counsel with the Albany law firm of McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C. He received his B.A. degree, Phi Beta Kappa, from Cornell University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Plattner served as Counsel to the New York State Assembly Program Development Group, Counsel and subsequently Director of the New York State Legislative Tax Study Commission, and Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Research in the New York State Department of Economic Development. In addition to private practice, he teaches state and local taxation as an adjunct professor at Albany Law School.