The Philanthropy Law Firm is a mission-based law firm founded for clients who are actively working for a better world. The I reason I founded it is that America’s legal system enables opportunities (and challenges) for social good through personal generosity, but it rarely offers simple answers. So when people conceive a powerful idea based on giving, they are also beginning a journey as philanthropist into a legal system that was built for commerce. The laws applicable to the works of active charities, the financial gifts of grant-making foundations, and even the simple testamentary gifts of parents to their children, must be understood at their deepest level to provide the support and reliability our clients expect from their legal team.
As though philanthropy, virtually unaltered from how as it is practiced today, has been part of fabric of American life from the very beginning, in all that time the Congresses has never taken upon itself the worthy task of creating a coherent body of laws to make it easy for Americans to combine their talents and entrepreneurial spirit to create a better world for selfless motives. Instead, those who choose to follow this path are left to dealt with ambiguities and complexities that a legal system marginalizes philanthropy in a commercial environment.
Even so, good ideas will have their day. With experience of corporate law, specialized expertise on nonprofits, the ever-useful litigation and regulatory experience, and a willingness to continue to learn, opportunities abound to bring worthy ideas to robust life, to dissipate obstacles and to bulwark philanthropic works as through our entire system were built for that purpose alone. We build outcomes they to the only standard we were trained on- stellar outcomes for the most demanding corporate clients.
The Philanthropy Law Firm is proud to specialize in all aspects of managing a charity, or in supporting one through planned giving. Here, nonprofits are not a sideline or an afterthought. We know chapter and verse of those areas of law that are most useful to nonprofits, and actively follow developments anywhere that might create novel opportunities for our clients visions. If giving is on your mind, we’re here with answers and solutions. And of course, we also advise on personal wills and planned business transfers. Every aspect of gifts or complex transfers is in our wheelhouse.
We are also thrilled to be pursuing this area at a time of unprecedented technological advancement. We are at the forefront of advancements in AI that, and follow with excitement the ways in which it can be responsibly deployed to reduce administrative costs so that we can consistently reduce points of failure and rededicate our time to the blend focused skills, expertise and creativity the is (so far) uniquely the purview of the experienced attorney.
If our services are right for you, we offer up-front, flat-rate pricing for most common matters. Traditional hourly-billing will one day be a thing of the past, but is may still be more appropriate for some matters, and is always available at the client’s preference. Our only concern is your needs and the success of your vision. Whatever choices you make along the way, we always use the most cutting-edge tools in the field to keep your costs to a minimum even as we set the bar for the highest standards in the profession. for the most demanding corporate clients.
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