Amanda Fraerman advises clients on a variety of state and local taxation issues with a primary focus on property tax.
Amanda advises clients on state and local tax (SALT) matters, with a primary focus on property tax planning, compliance, administrative appeals and litigation. She has secured property tax savings in matters involving new construction, supplemental assessments, double assessments and valuation disputes before assessment appeals boards throughout California, as well as in valuation appeals across the country.
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Amanda also has experience with business personal property return preparation, California property tax audits, exemptions and incentives, and matters involving California Propositions 13 and 19. Her work spans multifamily, office, life sciences, data center, renewable energy and industrial properties.
Before joining Pillsbury, Amanda practiced law at private law firms, served as a senior manager in property tax at a Big 4 accounting firm and worked as director of property tax and incentives at a technology company.
Representative Experience
- Secured a $100 million reduction from the purchase price and established a favorable base year value for property acquired in an above-market assemblage transaction.
- Secured millions of dollars in property tax savings for California office landlords and owner-occupiers by obtaining assessment reductions reflecting declining office market values.
- Secured more than $200 million in assessed value reductions annually for California life sciences campus.
Education
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J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2010
B.A., History, Washington University in St. Louis, 2007
Admissions
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California
Illinois
Wisconsin