Andrea V. Morrison, Jd/Llm Email & Phone Number

🔷 Represent parties in tax matters, prepared individual, partnership, and non-profit tax returns, and advise and assist clients with offers of compromise, innocent and injured spouse relief, and other tax matters.🔷 Negotiate, settle, and/or litigate personal injury cases. Review facts of case to determine case merit and viability. Discuss case strategy with client. Take and defend depositions.🔷 Prepare and file Petitions for Damages, Discovery, Discovery responses, Exceptions, Memorandums in Opposition, Motions to Continue, and Motions to Compel.🔷 Prepare correspondence to clients, insurance adjustors, experts, physicians, medical providers, and opposing counsel. Handle uncontested family law matters, divorce, child support, community property partitions, and child custody.🔷 Prepare trusts and related documents, wills, powers of attorney, and acts of donation. Prepare and file succession cases, including petition for possession. Handle state and federal ADA, FMLA, age, and pregnancy discrimination cases.🔷 Successfully litigated personal injury/big truck cases in state and federal courts, with multi-million dollar settlement awards. 🔷 Assist clients in business formation, articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreements, and business contracts.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Baton Rouge, La, Us

🔷 Promoted to Acting Assistant Secretary & Deputy Assistant Secretary based on outstanding legal skills, performance, and work ethic. Additionally served as State Equal Opportunity Officer and Attorney.🔷 Accountable for change management and continual improvement within the Office of Workforce Development (OWD), reporting directly to the Assistant Secretary.🔷 Oversee multiple federally-funded programs, providing statewide oversight and guidance to local workforce development boards and community action agencies, as well as additional partners and vendors.🔷 Utilize Code of Federal Regulations, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, Audit Requirements, Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA), Wagner-Peyser Act, state laws and regulations, and DOL advisories and directives.🔷 Manage OWD program directors and support staff and serve as subject matter expert for policies, contracts, and legal compliance. Ensure that all agency programs are compliant and implemented at statewide and regional levels.🔷 Correspond with federal and state auditors, CEOs, and chief elected officials to resolve problems and offer guidance.🔷 Oversee preparation of various reports and correspondence on issues affecting the agency, partners, or contractors.🔷 Collect and review data, create project plans to achieve measurable change, and build & manage teams. Serve as State Equal Opportunity Officer pursuant to the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 188.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

🔷 Provided leadership for the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) and programs assigned to the Office of Workforce Development (OWD) within the LA Workforce Commission.🔷 Oversight of Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Migrant Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), Labor Programs, and Rapid Response.🔷 Executive support to the Assistant Secretary for delivery of services. State-Level Equal Employment Officer to ensure compliance with non-discrimination requirements.🔷 Collaborated with the Assistant Secretary on staffing and daily management of the Office of Workforce Development team, staff meetings, and project updates.🔷 Key role in development of policies and planning to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, and in accordance with the State Plan.🔷 Oversight of OWD’s HR activities, new hires, reclassification, reallocation, promotion, salary & performance, labor relations, training, and development.🔷 Supervised a Grants Manager for grant/state allocations, contracts, MOUs, and agreements. Provided training and technical assistance to sub-recipients through the Technical Assistance Unit.🔷 Member of the Workforce Development Board, Employment First Workgroup. Represented OWD at federal, state, and local hearings, meetings, and conferences.🔷 Reviewed and analyzed accounting/budget records of administrative and program costs, participant records, and personnel records. Participated in overall budget planning, preparation, and grant administration.🔷 Worked closely with state, regional, and parish administrative staff in developing procedures and operational plans to ensure statewide and regional operations implementation as intended by the administrator and federal and state law.🔷 Conducted staff meetings to review and evaluate programmatic progress, problem identification, and resolution. In Attorney role, served as legal advisor for Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS).

Baton Rouge, La, Us

🔷 Presided as Administrative Law Judge at the 2015 Client Forum hosted by Equifax Workforce Solutions. Served as Lead Judge on a 3-member unemployment Tax Appeals Panel.🔷 Managed a docket of unemployment tax appeals cases, conducted status conferences, pre-hearing status conferences, and hearings on the merits. Maintained and updated opinions library.🔷 Led a team of Administrative Law Judges, provided orientation to newly-hired judges, and provided initial training and continuous monitoring of performance. Managed time and attendance and approved/denied leave requests.🔷 Maintained accurate records of adjudications, preserved and properly marked evidence in the case record, and archived audio recordings for marking, indexing, and storage.🔷 Evaluated performance via quarterly feedbacks and yearly ratings of subordinates, took corrective actions, and provided ongoing training on conduct of hearings, decision writing, and record preservation.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

🔷 Assigned to conduct in-depth research into Louisiana Gaming Law and prepare detailed memoranda to the Louisiana Gaming Commission. Presented findings & recommendations to the Gaming Commission at Board meetings.🔷 Provided courteous and prompt service to all internal and external clients of the Attorney General’s office. Prioritized and addressed requests and assignments while ensuring client confidentiality.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

🔷 Presided as Administrative Law Judge at the 2015 Client Forum hosted by Equifax Workforce Solutions. Served as Lead Judge on a 3-member unemployment Tax Appeals Panel.🔷 Managed a docket of unemployment tax appeals cases, conducted status conferences, pre-hearing status conferences, and hearings on the merits. Maintained and updated opinions library.🔷 Led a team of Administrative Law Judges, provided orientation to newly-hired judges, and provided initial training and continuous monitoring of performance. Managed time and attendance and approved/denied leave requests.🔷 Maintained accurate records of adjudications, preserved and properly marked evidence in the case record, and archived audio recordings for marking, indexing, and storage.🔷 Evaluated performance via quarterly feedbacks and yearly ratings of subordinates, took corrective actions, and provided ongoing training on conduct of hearings, decision writing, and record preservation.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

🔷 Assisted and advised taxpayers on a wide range of IRS tax forms, notices, and issues.🔷 Researched and responded to tax law questions and properly adjust taxpayer accounts.🔷 Worked closely with taxpayers and/or their representatives, tax practitioners, and accountants. Prepared and filed tax returns.🔷 Reviewed forms and notices to generate accurate advice for customers.

🔷 Assigned to cases representing low-income clients in divorce proceedings, issues of custody, spousal support, domestic disputes, landlord-tenant disputes, evictions, and related areas of law.🔷 Prepared and filed Petitions for Divorce, Custody, and Spousal Support. Made court appearances on Rule for Custody, Spousal Support, Defense Against Protective Orders,🔷 Requests for Protective Orders, and Defense Against Evictions.

🔷 Represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases. Negotiated and settled personal injury cases prior to litigation.🔷 Reviewed facts of matters to determine case merit and viability. Discussed case strategy with client.🔷 Prepared and filed Petitions for Damages, Discovery, Discovery Responses, Exceptions, Memorandums in Opposition, Motions to Continue, and Motions to Compel. Took and defended depositions.🔷 Prepared correspondence to clients, insurance adjusters, experts, physicians, medical service providers. and opposing counsel. Additionally handled family law, employment law, and workers compensation cases.🔷 Represented clients in criminal matters, attended arraignments and hearings, and prepared and filed discovery motions, Petitions for Possession in succession cases, wills, powers of attorney, and donations.

Port Louis, Mu

New Orleans, La, Us

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Master Of Laws - Llm, Master Of Taxation