Britta Tollefson
Founding partner
Forms new nonprofits and keeps established ones in good standing.
Britta started the firm to be the lawyer she wanted to call as a volunteer: one who answers in plain words and asks who will be standing at the table on Saturday morning.
She forms nonprofit corporations, prepares exemption applications and advises boards on how to keep what they build in good order. Most weeks she also spends a shift stocking shelves at a neighborhood food shelf.
Works on
- Incorporation and bylaws
- Exemption applications
- State charitable registration
Credentials
Bar admissions
Minnesota
2014
Courts
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
2015
Education
J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law
B.A., Macalester College
Languages
English
Norwegian
conversational
Memberships
Minnesota State Bar Association
Ramsey County Bar Association
Working with Britta
- Starts every new organization with a plain-language checklist for the person who will run it day to day.
- Writes bylaws a volunteer board can follow, not ones that sit in a drawer.
Start with a short note
Tell us who you are and what is changing. A lawyer, not always Britta, writes back about next steps.