Org Law provides legal and governance counsel to trade associations, professional societies, credentialing bodies, standards organizations, accreditors, charities, foundations, and affiliated networks. While many of our clients are tax-exempt, the common denominator is not tax status. It is purpose, mission, and structure.
Our clients operate through boards, committees, members, affiliates, chapters, volunteers, and other stakeholders. They focus on helping businesses, professionals, and those in need with their work. They advocate for legislative and regulatory changes and for justice.
Org Law works with organizations carrying out important work through formal programs, stakeholder relationships, board oversight, and public or industry-facing responsibilities.
Our clients include trade associations, professional societies, credentialing bodies, standards organizations, accreditors, charities, foundations, educational institutions, affiliated networks, and other mission-driven or purpose-driven organizations.
They come to Org Law for legal support involving governance, contracts, strategic transactions, certification and credentialing, intellectual property, technology, tax exemption, regulatory compliance, executive matters, stakeholder disputes, and organizational change.
Some matters are narrow and immediate. Others involve larger structural questions about authority, risk, relationships, operations, or long-term direction. In either case, the goal is the same: clear legal counsel that helps the organization move forward responsibly.
Org Law represents clients across the country and internationally. Offices are in Chicago and Washington, DC. When a matter requires local counsel in a particular jurisdiction, the firm works with experienced attorneys to support the engagement.
We counsel boards and executives on fiduciary duties, authority, and governance process. We draft and amend bylaws, charters, and governance policies, and we advise on governance structuring, including board composition, committee architecture, advisory boards, delegations, and reserved powers, as well as conflict and investigation processes when needed.
We structure, negotiate, and document transactions involving mission-driven organizations. We provide diligence support, draft transaction documents, counsel on approvals and governance steps, and advise on deal structures involving subsidiaries, affiliations, joint ventures, and program acquisitions or divestitures.
We advise on the legal structure and defensibility of certification and credentialing programs. We draft and revise governing documents, policies, procedures, and agreements, and we counsel on disputes and enforcement involving credential decisions and certification marks.
We advise on IP strategy and technology contracting. We prosecute and manage trademarks, draft licensing and content agreements, negotiate vendor and platform contracts, and counsel on data rights, security terms, and policies governing content creation and AI use.
We draft and negotiate executive employment, compensation, and separation arrangements. We counsel boards and committees on documentation and process, and we advise on tax-exempt compensation risk issues, including intermediate sanctions considerations and related-party transaction concerns.
We advise tax-exempt organizations on compliance affecting operations, revenue, advocacy, and reporting. We analyze UBIT and private benefit issues, counsel on lobbying and political activity rules, support Form 990 positioning, and represent organizations in IRS inquiries and examinations.
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