Best Lawyers® 2016, 2020 and 2024 Indianapolis Tax Law "Lawyer of the Year"
Best Lawyers® 2019 Indianapolis Litigation and Controversy - Tax Law "Lawyer of the Year"
American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell, 2016 Top Rated Lawyer in Entertainment Law
Mark Richards is a tax partner at Ice Miller LLP with over 35 years of federal and state tax experience, most notably in the area of state taxation.
Mark serves on the Advisory Board of State Tax Notes, is the past chair of the Tax Policy Committee of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Tax Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and he is a 30+ year member of the Tax Committees of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Indiana Manufacturer’s Association. Mark served as the chair of the Tax Section at Ice Miller. Mark is also an associate member of the Council on State Taxation (“COST”), a member of the independent state tax alliance (www.ISAnetwork.com), and a member of the Tax Sections of the American Bar Association (“ABA”), Indiana State Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Associations. Mark is a member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, and also a member of the Board of Directors, as well as General Counsel and Secretary, of the Indiana Legal Foundation, Inc. Mark also serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute.
- Indiana University (B.S., 1982)
- Accounting
- Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (J.D., 1985)
- Indiana
- United States District Court - Northern District of Indiana
- United States District Court - Southern District of Indiana
- Supreme Court of Indiana
- United States Court of Appeals - Seventh Circuit
- United States Tax Court
- Member of the Board of Directors, Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute
- Member of the Board of Directors, Indiana Chamber of Commerce
- Advisory Board Member, State Tax Notes
- Member, ISBA-Tax Section Executive Council
- Past Chairman and Member, Indiana Chamber of Commerce Tax Policy Committee
- Member, Tax Section (Past Chair), Indianapolis Bar Association
- Member, Tax Section, Indiana Bar Association
- Member, Tax Section, American Bar Association
- Member, Taxation Section, Indiana Manufacturers Association
- General Counsel, Secretary and Board Member, Indiana Legal Foundation, Inc.
- Member, 2025 Task Force, Indiana Chamber of Commerce
- The Racing Attorney Conference ("TRAC"), Co-Founder
- Former Member, Indiana Department of Revenue Advisory Committee
- 2016 Samuel C. Schlosser Indiana Chamber Volunteer of the Year Award
- The Best Lawyers® in America, Tax Law and Tax Litigation and Controversy, 2007-2026
- American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™, 2016 Top Rated Lawyer in Entertainment Law
- The Best Lawyers® 2016, 2020 and 2024 Indianapolis Tax Law "Lawyer of the Year"
- The Best Lawyers® 2019 Indianapolis Tax Litigation and Controversy "Lawyer of the Year"
- TRAC Star Award - 2015
- Indiana Super Lawyers, Tax Law, 2004-2006 and 2009-2026
- Martindale Hubbell, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, for 30+ years



