She was the former chief tax counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee under the Obama administration and appointed to head Joe Biden’s IRS transition team.

After graduating from Stanford, Batchelder worked as a client advocate for a social services organization in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn and became secretary of their board of directors.

[2] Upon completing her JD, Batchelder accepted a position in Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's tax group.

She left private practice in September 2004 to join the faculty at New York University School of Law (NYU) in 2005.

While serving in these roles, she was appointed by Max Baucus as chief tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee.