Public Sector and Nonprofit
Services to Nonprofit Entities
Since 1919, our firm has provided comprehensive and cost-effective legal services to nonprofit organizations. We assist nonprofits with all aspects of their legal needs, whether exclusive to the nonprofit sector or general, including:
- Business start-up and organizational structuring
- Governance and business advice
- General counseling
- Contract drafting, review, and negotiations
- Compliance reviews
- Human resources matters
- Employment issues
- Real estate tax exemption analysis, hearing, and litigation
- Tax matters, including 501(c)(3) filings
- Policy drafting and review
- Administrative and regulatory matters
- Litigation and risk management
Our attorneys have decades of experience as advisers to nonprofits, both as legal counsel and as community representatives. We understand the responsibility of being a fiduciary to a nonprofit organization, and we provide the sound legal advice necessary to fulfill your obligations and achieve your organization’s goals. Our clients know that their legal matters are in good hands.
Nonprofits are not immune to controversy and disputes. We assist our nonprofit clients with risk management and litigation avoidance and analysis. When disputes do arise, we work together with our Litigation group to resolve them efficiently and sensitively for our clients, so that most matters never reach a hearing. However, when it is necessary to pursue or defend a matter before the courts or regulatory agencies, we are zealous advocates for our clients.
