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Lily Batchelder will be returning to NYU Law in 2024 after serving as assistant secretary for tax policy at the US Department of the Treasury. In this role, she led the Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy, overseeing the federal government’s tax policies and programs, and important legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Prior to her Treasury position, Batchelder held government posts such as deputy director of the White House National Economic Council under President Obama, and was majority chief tax counsel for the US Senate Committee on Finance.
Lily Batchelder Returns to NYU Law Following Treasury Tenure
Lily Batchelder, the Robert C. Kopple Family Professor of Taxation, will resume her NYU Law duties in Spring 2024 after serving as assistant secretary for tax policy at the US Department of the Treasury. Nominated by President Joe Biden, she was confirmed for the Treasury post in 2021 with a Senate vote of 64-34.
During her tenure, Batchelder drove key tax and fiscal policy decisions, including landmark legislation such as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act. She also oversaw US negotiations in the OECD-led international tax deal aimed at reducing corporate profit shifting between high- and low-tax jurisdictions.
“It’s an immense honor to have served at Treasury and I eagerly anticipate returning to NYU Law,” stated Batchelder.
Batchelder’s research and teaching interests focus on federal income taxes, wealth transfer taxes, and social insurance with specific emphasis on tax reform, retirement policy, and fiscal policy effects on economic disparities and intergenerational mobility.
Prior to joining NYU Law in 2005, she held government posts including deputy director of the White House National Economic Council and majority chief tax counsel for the US Senate Committee on Finance. Batchelder also worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and in community affairs for a New York state senator.
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