Practice Areas
Counsel on issues that actually cross your desk.
Six practice areas, drafted for the legal and operational realities of nonprofits and mission-driven organizations.
Outside General Counsel
A fractional in-house counsel for organizations that need ongoing legal partnership without a full-time hire. Two tiers: Strategic Counsel Subscription (5–20 hours per month) or Fractional General Counsel (25+ hours monthly). Hourly rates scale with annual operating budget, Tier A ($5 million and over, $390/hour) to Tier D (under $500,000, $230/hour).
Practice-Area Counsel
Entity formation. Governance and bylaws. Employment, contractor, and volunteer compliance. Advocacy and lobbying rules. Charter and independent school representation, including administrative appeals.
Project & Flat-Fee Work
When a matter is finite (entity formation, governance overhaul, employment policy refresh, IRS tax-exempt reinstatement), we quote a flat fee up front so you can budget without surprises.
Three ways to engage.
Outside General Counsel
Fractional in-house counsel. Strategic Counsel Subscription (5–20 hrs/mo) or Fractional GC (25+ hrs/mo). Board-meeting attendance included.
Explore OGCEntity Formation & Governance
State formation, Forms 1023/1023-EZ/1024, bylaws, fiduciary-duty counseling, ongoing 990 and charitable-registration compliance.
Explore FormationEmployment & Labor
Policies, handbooks, classifications (employees, contractors, volunteers), wage-and-hour, dispute counsel — counseled by an attorney who's seen both sides.
Explore EmploymentAdvocacy & Lobbying Compliance
501(c)(3) advocacy limits, 501(h) elections, 501(c)(4) structures, federal and state lobbying registration. Advocate boldly and do it right.
Explore AdvocacyCharter & Independent Schools
Authorization, federal CSP grants, administrative appeals before the CT SDE and Superior/Appellate Court, special education reimbursement.
Explore SchoolsLitigation: Administrative Law
A focused niche practice. Charter school administrative appeals today; expanding into adjacent nonprofit administrative law matters. Not general civil litigation.
Explore LitigationPro Bono Representation
We represent nonprofits at risk through Access to Justice's Nonprofit Legal Defense Network, plus children's advocacy matters, board service, and causes about which we care.
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