Richard H. Maurer, Esquire Speaks at 2025 Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Tax Collectors Association
Richard H. Maurer, Esquire served as a presenter at the 2025 Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Tax Collectors Association on October 17, 2025 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The presentation, “Beating the House – Winning in the High-Stakes Game of Appeals,” received high marks and he has already been invited back for the 2026 PBPMTCA conference.
Mr. Maurer represents municipalities seeking to maximize revenue from Pennsylvania Act 511 taxes. He is an attorney in the firm’s Municipal Law, Litigation and Taxation practice groups. His litigation experience has ranged from class actions to civil rights, with a wide variety of cases in between. Mr. Maurer was drawn to trial work at Georgetown Law, where he focused on evidence, procedure, and legal history. He began his career in the courtroom, serving as an Assistant Public Defender in Reading, Pennsylvania and since then he has taken about 40 cases to jury trial, with many more bench trials, civil and criminal. As a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, he returned to Georgetown Law in 2017 to teach direct and cross examination for recent graduates. Prior to joining the firm, Richard was a private practice attorney in Philadelphia and Lehigh counties for nearly three decades.
The Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Tax Collectors Association aims to discuss mutual problems, share experiences and work toward uniform standards in the administration, enforcement, and collection of Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Taxes. To learn more about the association, please visit: https://pabusinessprivilegetax.org/.
