When an association seeks outside
counsel, it is often faced with a choice: pick someone who is familiar with the particular
industry, profession, cause or service area represented by the organization’s
constituents, or select someone who is knowledgeable in Association Law.
At Goldberg & Associates, PLLC, we strongly
believe that the preferable choice is the attorney with Association Law knowledge, since
the problems which an association will face on a day-to-day basis are issues which lend
themselves to the Association Law practitioner’s particular expertise and
comprehensive understanding of the client's needs.
For example, we assist our clients in such things
as:
Ø complying with
federal and state registration, disclosure and reporting requirements
Ø establishing and
maintaining federal and state tax exemption status
Ø establishing and
maintaining membership criteria
Ø reviewing personnel
manuals and employment policies
Ø drafting employment
agreements with chief executive officers
Ø negotiating,
drafting and reviewing contracts with hotels, exhibition halls and vendors for meetings
and trade shows or expositions
Ø establishing
standards-setting and certification programs
Ø representing
associations in administrative audits or inquiries
Ø protecting, by
copyright and trademark, important data such as publications, computer software and visual
material
Ø developing risk
management programs to minimize liability of officers and directors
Ø structuring
programs to minimize unrelated business income tax
Ø complying with
state charitable solicitation laws
Our national, state and local association client
base includes a broad spectrum of industries, professions, services and
"causes," but the issues these organizations face are remarkably similar and
consistent.
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