Many of us lawyers are involved with nonprofits. Some of us assist clients in incorporating and providing legal advice to nonprofits, and others of us serve on nonprofit boards.

Nonprofit law is surprisingly complex. Lawyers not only have to deal with the nonprofit corporation code but also with state and federal tax laws. As may be seen below, many other laws rear their head as well, including workers’ compensation, FOIA – and criminal laws!

Originally published in Second Edition of the NonProfit Corporate Practice Manual on July 9, 2014.