Campaigns & Elections
Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC provides counsel to individuals, political parties, counties, municipalities, candidates, and political, issue and independent expenditure committees on all types of election and campaign finance matters, including the following:
Election administration, regulation, and policy formation
Local, state, and federal campaign finance compliance
Campaign finance and Ethics Commission complaints
Local and statewide ballot initiatives
Litigation related to election law and campaign finance regulation
Developing and supporting legislative and regulatory strategies for nonprofits, professional societies, trade associations, and municipalities
Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations
Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC provide outside general counsel to public charities, private foundations, corporate and community foundations, political organizations, and many other types of tax-exempt organizations. Our specialized legal counsel to these unique organizations covers a wide range of corporate, tax, and other legal matters, including:
Entity selection and formation and tax-exempt status applications
Complex tax issues such as the self-dealing rules, unrelated business taxable income, program related investments, and expenditure responsibility
Corporate governance, fiduciary duties, bylaws, and policies and procedures
Tax reporting matters and government audits
Political, lobbying, and issue advocacy activities
Grant making and charitable giving issues, including charitable solicitation laws and corporate sponsorships
Donor advised funds and endowments
Contract negotiation, drafting, and review
Nonprofit mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex legal structures
International grant making, disaster relief grants, & US organizations with foreign affiliates
Employment and general litigation matters
Our work with trade associations and professional societies includes:
Serving as primary outside counsel to associations and societies representing a variety of professions and industries
Assisting in the formation and revision of professional and industry standards, and overseeing disciplinary proceedings
Developing and supporting legislative and regulatory strategies
Providing advice on formation, governance, operation, merger, and dissolution of societies and associations
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating leases, affinity and endorsement agreements, employment agreements, licensing agreements, and special event agreements
Advising on employment, executive compensation, intellectual property, and litigation matters
Antitrust compliance
Business Transactions
Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC also advises businesses of all sizes on general legal matters. We have particular experience working alongside family, woman- and minority-owned business enterprises, benefit corporations, venture philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, and businesses focused on the “triple bottom line” and corporate social responsibility.
Our work includes:
Entity selection & formation
Mergers & acquisitions
Corporate governance
Shareholder, partnership, and LLC operating agreements
Contract negotiation, drafting, and review
Business dispute resolution and dissolutions
Federal and State Grants
Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC advises nonprofit organizations on all aspects of federal and state grant compliance. Our attorneys have extensive experience guiding recipients and subrecipients through the legal, regulatory, and operational requirements that accompany government funding. We provide practical, strategic counsel in areas including:
Application and regulatory compliance requirements for recipients and subrecipients
Subawards, procurement, affiliations and other transactions
Audits, audit resolution and agency reviews
Cost allowability and allocation across multiple grants
Environmental Protection Agency Programs
Employment Law
Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC provides employment law counsel to nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, political organizations, and mission-driven businesses. Our attorneys bring deep experience advising employers on compliance, risk management, and workforce strategy. We provide practical, strategic guidance in areas including:
Employment applications, policies & agreements
Executive compensation issues
Confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-competition, and trade secrets protection agreements and litigation
Reductions in force and severance agreements
Discrimination complaints
Unemployment & workers’ compensation compliance
Internal investigations
We also provide advice to employees regarding:
Executive compensation and severance agreements
Confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-competition, and trade secrets protection agreements and litigation
Discrimination complaints
Unemployment & workers’ compensation compliance
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