Our firm provides advocacy for charities, trade associations, nonprofit affordable housing companies, charitable foundations and other nonprofit organizations. We assist clients in matters of general nonprofit law, and in matters unique to their industries, professions, causes or issues.

Our firm's clients share special legal, financial, and organizational challenges that differ from those of their for-profit counterparts, and our attorneys provide the full rage of services required to address them. As a result of our extensive experience in representing nonprofit organizations, we are able to provide precise answers and workable solutions to our nonprofit clients on a full range of governance related matters, including bylaws, policies and procedures, conflicts of interest and fiduciary duties, codes of ethics and related enforcement procedures, private inurement and private benefit, parliamentary procedure, membership standards, record retention policies and practices and structural and legal relationships. We also attend our clients' board, executive committee and other meetings as needed.

We have expertise in the formation of nonprofit entities and in the preparation and filing of applications of exemption from income tax under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code as well as related filings for New York State sales tax exemption.

In addition, our understanding of the nature and business of nonprofits - derived not only from our legal practice but from our participation in the nonprofit community we represent - enables us to offer broader and more useful counseling that recognizes practical management, political and business considerations.