Rachel T. Provencher

Rachel Provencher is a tax and political law attorney in Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group in Washington, D.C. Ms. Provencher works with a wide range of clients – including businesses, partnerships, advocacy groups, trade associations, charities, social clubs, associations and political organizations – on issues ranging from tax and general counsel matters to finding creative solutions in political law for clients to meet their goals of influencing public policy and elections.

Ms. Provencher regularly counsels clients on understanding and navigating critical tax and business organizational issues impacting nonprofit organizations. Ms. Provencher advises clients on structuring tax-exempt entities, obtaining and maintaining exemption from federal income tax, and complex issues pertaining to federal tax requirements. Ms. Provencher also counsels on issues of good governance and other best practices for running tax-exempt organizations.

In addition, Ms. Provencher's practice includes counseling Native American governments across the country on tax issues, including tax planning under the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014 and Revenue Allocation Plan amendments. Ms. Provencher regularly represents Native American governments and casinos in tax controversies before the IRS and prepares regulatory comments on tax issues impacting Indian Tribes and their members.

Ms. Provencher also advises clients on lobbying registration and disclosure, state and federal campaign finance, gifts and ethics rules, procurement and pay-to-play laws and post-employment restrictions for former public employees.

Before entering private practice, Ms. Provencher served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education, where she completed a detail in the Office of General Counsel at the Federal Election Commission. Prior to law school, Ms. Provencher taught middle and high school students in the Bronx borough of New York City as a Teach for America Corps Member.