Audrey E.P. Pollitt

Experience

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  Vida Family Services

  Sept 2012 - May 2014

  Clinical Case Manager

  Managed 40-client individual caseload and group therapy tracks for former violent offenders with mental health and substance use comorbidities; developed holistic treatment planning to ameliorate reentry barriers; conducted clinic-wide internal audit of quality assurance standards compliance; supervised and trained new hires.

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  Serenity New York

  May 2014 - Jul 2015

  Coordinator

  Exercised effective crisis management and conflict de-escalation methodologies to safeguard the physical and psychiatric safety of high-risk clients during mental health emergencies; elicited measurable behavioral change through motivational interviewing; identified regressive indicators and connected clients with relevant interventions; created and implemented a metric for quantifying client progress and practice efficacy company-wide; developed training program for client-facing staff.

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  Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

  Aug 2019 - May 2021

  • Editor in Chief

    Jun 2020 - May 2021

  • Associate Editor

    Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
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  Sherman F. Levey Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

  Aug 2020 - May 2021

  Student Attorney

  Represented lower-income clients on concerns of insolvency, child-based benefits, and offers in compromise.Successfully appealed notices of deficiency in U.S. Tax Court, resulting in reversal of deficiency determinations.Coordinated with Taxpayer Advocate Service to process outstanding tax refunds for foreign agricultural workers.Established qualifying dependency of contested child, increasing earned income tax credit benefits and securing refund of prior overpayment.

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  Syracuse University College of Law

  Aug 2020 - Apr 2021

  LL.M. Mentor

  Provided ongoing advisement on how to navigate the US legal system's academic and practical differences to international postgraduate law degree candidates.

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  Council On State Taxation

  Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  Graduate Fellow

  Supported advocacy activities through ongoing legislative analysis and substantial writing on significant subnational tax issues for biweekly COST publications.Analyzed and tracked state unclaimed property practices and administrative approaches to escheatment.Provided research and writing assistance for amicus briefs on dormant Commerce Clause violations.

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  Brann & Isaacson

  Dec 2021 - Jul 2022

  Tax Clerk

  Reassessed existing clients’ post-Wayfair liabilities through monitoring economic nexus triggers and reporting caps for in-state revenues, and initiating voluntary disclosure efforts to mitigate further exposure.Analyzed state-specific guidance regarding multistate apportionment of nonresident owner partnership income.Researched sales tax implications for sales of nonfungible tokens and the classification of open-source blockchain platforms as marketplace facilitators for a partner-authored article published in "Tax Notes Today." Show less

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  Tax Notes

  Oct 2022 - now

  Managing the weekly print and digital publication of practitioner commentary on SALT policy, litigation, and legislation in Tax Notes State. Covered tax-related court decisions and litigation activity for daily digital and print publication in Tax Notes Today State.

  • Editor in Chief

    May 2023 - now

  • Legal Reporter

    Oct 2022 - May 2023