Richard Winchester

Biography

Richard Winchester is a national authority on small business and federal employment tax policy, joining the Brooklyn Law School faculty as Professor of Law in January 2025. Previously, he was Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law, where his excellence in teaching was recognized in 2023 by being named Faculty Teacher of the Year.

Congressional Reports frequently cite his work, giving him an influential voice in contemporary tax policy debates. The University of Carthage hosted him when he was a Fulbright Scholar in Tunisia a year after the country gave birth to the Arab Spring. His work and expertise in the tax field has earned him admission to the National Academy of Social Insurance and the American College of Tax Counsel. 

Before entering legal education, Professor Winchester spent ten years as a corporate tax planner, helping privately owned and publicly traded companies structure their business operations and financial transactions. He ended his time in practice as an international tax attorney in the national tax office of PWC, where he advised both U.S. firms investing abroad and foreign firms investing in the U.S. He began his legal career as a law clerk for Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Professor Winchester is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University in its School of Public and International Affairs.

Professor Winchester is currently working on a book describing the origins of the largest Black community whose construction was financed by the Federal Housing Administration during a time when the agency restricted its programs to whites.

More than a legal scholar, Professor Winchester is a lifelong pianist, an award-winning baker, and a masters-level ocean swimmer with several age group awards to his credit.

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