Veronika Polakova

Veronika Polakova is an associate in the Tax Department.

Ms. Polakova joined Debevoise in 2018. She received a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2016 and a B.A. with distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia in 2011, where she was an Echols Scholar. Prior to law school, she worked at a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C., focusing on fiscal policy research. She is fluent in Czech.

Ms. Polakova is a member of the New York and Massachusetts Bars.

Education

• Doctor of Law (JD) Harvard Law School (2013 — 2016)
• B.A. University of Virginia (2008 — 2011)

Companies

• Associate Debevoise & Plimpton (2018)
• Associate Ropes & Gray LLP (2016 — 2018)
• Research Assistant to Professor Louis Kaplow Harvard Law School (2014 — 2016)
• Summer Associate Roberts & Holland LLP (2015 — 2015)
• Summer Associate Ropes & Gray LLP (2015 — 2015)
• Legal Intern Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (2014 — 2014)
• Program Manager, Economic Policy Studies American Enterprise Institute (2012 — 2013)
• Research Assistant, Economic Policy Studies American Enterprise Institute (2011 — 2012)
• Research and Communications Assistant UVA Darden School of Business - Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics (2010 — 2011)