B.S., Hampton University
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center

Assistant Professor of Law Randle B. Pollard joins Albany Law School from the Washington and Lee School of Law.

His teaching experience includes courses in Business Associations Law, Corporate Income Tax, Federal Income Taxation of Individuals, State and Local Taxation, and Tax Planning & Representation of Non-Profit Organizations Practicum. He is the principal of the law offices of Randle B. Pollard in Washington, D.C.

In his practice, Professor Pollard specializes in non-profit and for-profit entity formation, corporate governance, and federal and state tax compliance. He has over twenty years of tax law experience as in-house counsel and from prior positions within government, public accounting, and academia.

In his academic career, Professor Pollard has served as an adjunct professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law, as well as an assistant professor of business law and taxation at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. From 2012 to 2016, he taught Introduction to Federal Income Taxation and State and Local Tax in the Master of Science in Accounting and Master of Science in Taxation programs. He also taught from 2009 to 2012 as an Associate Professor of Law at Widener University Commonwealth School of Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At Widener, he taught Business Organizations Law, Comparative Corporate Law (in Sydney, Australia), Corporate Income Tax, Federal Taxation of Individuals, and State and Local Tax.

Prior to a career in academia, Professor Pollard was senior counsel at the law office of Ice Miller in Indianapolis. Subsequently, in Indianapolis, he served as Domestic Tax Counsel for Eli Lilly and Company and as Senior Counsel at the law firm Ice Miller LLP.

Professor Pollard is a regular panelist and presenter at national conferences and meetings, including those associated with the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, the National Bar Association, and the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. His scholarship focuses on municipal bonds, state and local tax policy, and state and local tax incentives.

Professor Pollard is a graduate of Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, where he earned a B.S. in Accounting, High Honors. Professor Pollard earned Juris Doctor and LL.M. degrees from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., where he was Business Editor for the Journal of Law and Technology.