Industry Contacts
Related Practices
Nonprofit organizations have unique needs and legal challenges. From corporate governance and regulatory compliance to exempt organization tax issues, to qualifying for and preserving exempt status, Our team regularly partners with nonprofit institutions and tax exempt organizations to achieve their goals.
Our nonprofit team provides the following services:
Governance & Operations
- Operations of Board of Directors and Trustees
- Anti-trust, conflict of interest and ethics policies
- Document retention policies
- Marketing and affinity programs
- Articles of incorporation and bylaws
- Membership criteria and dues structuring
- Codes of ethics/codes of conduct
Organization General Counsel
- Serve as board counsel
- Meeting monitoring/attendance
- Review draft agendas, documents and proposals
Governance/Board Training
- Develop and conduct Board training on governance pieces (anti-trust, conflict of interest and bylaws)
- Develop and conduct Board training on the role of the Board and Executive Director
- Develop and conduct harassment, anti-bullying and discrimination training
Federal and State Tax for Not-for-Profit Institutions/Trade Associations
- Formation, structure and exemption issues
- Tax exempt bonds
- Form 990’s and compliance requirements
- Representation in IRS and State audits
- Counseling on unrelated business income
Labor & Employment
- Counseling on volunteer and employee issues – (hiring through termination)
- Drafting employee handbooks, policies and procedures
- ADA, FMLA, VESSA etc. counseling
- Labor negotiations and grievance/ULP defense
- Employment litigation defense
- OSHA audits and defense
Workers’ Compensation Litigation and/or Claim Counseling
- Workers’ compensation consultation
- Workers’ compensation assessments audits
- Workers’ compensation/claim defense and monitoring
Insurance Coverage/Defense
- Consultation regarding coverage policy issues
- Defense of minor and catastrophic claims
Real Estate/Banking
- Property acquisitions/leasing
- Contract review
- Bank financing and arrangements regarding lines of credit
Public Finance
- We represent government issuers and 63-20 entities in the issues of general obligation bonds and revenue bonds as bond counsel and disclosure counsel. We also represent underwriters in municipal bond transactions.
Intellectual Property
- Copyright, trademark, and trade secret protection including state and federal registration
- Resolution of intellectual property rights disputes (enforcement and defense) through amicable settlement, federal or state court litigation, or administrative proceedings in the United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Intellectual property transactions including license, cloud services and transfer agreements
News & Press Releases
- Law360, May 28, 2019
- Law360, May 28, 2018
- October 27, 2017
- Equality Illinois, August 1, 2017
- The American Lawyer, August 2016
- Equality Illinois, July 8, 2016
- Above the Law, April 18, 2016
- Above the Law, April 13, 2016
Alerts
- December 4, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- October 26, 2020
- October 22, 2020
- September 14, 2020
- September 10, 2020
- August 31, 2020
- July 24, 2020
- July 1, 2020
- June 5, 2020
- May 27, 2020
- May 26, 2020
- May 18, 2020
- May 15, 2020
- May 14, 2020
- May 14, 2020
- May 11, 2020
- May 8, 2020
- May 5, 2020
- May 5, 2020
- April 30, 2020
- April 28, 2020
- April 23, 2020
- April 22, 2020
- April 17, 2020
- April 17, 2020
- April 17, 2020
- April 13, 2020
- April 10, 2020
- April 7, 2020
- April 6, 2020
- April 4, 2020
- April 3, 2020
- April 1, 2020
- April 1, 2020
- March 31, 2020
- March 31, 2020
- March 30, 2020
- March 30, 2020
- March 27, 2020
- March 27, 2020
- March 27, 2020
- March 27, 2020
- March 27, 2020
- March 26, 2020
- March 26, 2020
- March 26, 2020
- March 26, 2020
- March 25, 2020
- March 24, 2020
- March 24, 2020
- March 24, 2020
- March 24, 2020
- March 22, 2020
- March 20, 2020
- March 20, 2020
- March 18, 2020
Presentations & Events
- SmithAmundsen, Webcast, September 23, 2020
- Lorman Education Services, Webinar, January 11, 2019
- Lorman Education Services; Webinar, July 25, 2018