Britta Tollefson
Founding partner
Forms new nonprofits and keeps established ones in good standing. Saturdays she stocks the shelves at a neighborhood food shelf.
Four lawyers, one small office
We keep the firm small so the lawyer you meet is the lawyer who reads your file. Each of us has a page about how they work.
Karim Najjar
Attorney, contracts and leases
Reads the lease, the grant agreement and the vendor contract before anyone signs, and says which line matters.
Yer Vue
Attorney, governance and board matters
Keeps bylaws, policies and board minutes in step with how the organization really runs, and sits with a board when it disagrees.
Paramjit Dhillon
Of counsel, transitions and mergers
Helps a board plan the day the founder steps back, whether that means a new director, a merger or an orderly close.
How we work with a small organization
Most of our clients have a staff of two, a board of seven and a budget that depends on this year's grant. We keep that in mind in how we write and what we charge.
- We quote formation work in writing before we begin
- We answer in plain words and put the answer in an email the board can keep
- We say when a question is better settled by the board than by a lawyer
- We say when we are not the right firm and who might be