Catherine A. Battin

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Catherine (Cate) A. Battin is the head of McDermott Will & Schulte’s State & Local Tax Practice Group and has practiced at the firm for more than 20 years.

Cate represents clients in all aspects of state and local tax matters, including controversies at the audit, administrative, and judicial levels across several jurisdictions. She advises on national state tax strategies involving a broad range of issues, such as income tax apportionment, sourcing, nexus, transfer pricing, combination and sales tax characterization of products and services, and other local excise tax issues. She has a particular focus on state and local tax controversies and has litigated cases throughout the United States, successfully arguing cases before state appellate and supreme courts.

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Successfully represented a major oil company in its case against the Cook County Department of Revenue at the Supreme Court of Illinois related to the taxability of bookout transactions under the county’s motor fuel tax
Obtained a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court of South Carolina on behalf of two durable medical equipment suppliers that a state law unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate commerce in violation of the US Constitution’s dormant Commerce Clause
Obtained a ruling of first impression from the Supreme Court of Illinois on behalf of a retailer on the issue of whether a private whistleblower firm is entitled to recovery of attorneys’ fees for serving on its own behalf