Membership-based professional associations and business leagues have many legal issues to consider.

We start new professional societies, trade groups, chambers of commerce, real estate boards, and business leagues.

We help associations with their day-to-day legal issues, from corporate governance to tax matters.  We help with

• Start-up of new 501(c)(6) trade associations and business leagues, from state formation to federal tax-exemption
• Governing documents – review and update bylaws, conflict of interest policies
• Agreements between 501(c)(6) professional association and affiliated 501(c)(3) charity, including office sharing and staff sharing arrangements
• Manage relationships between affiliated membership group, charity, and/or PAC
• Board Training
• Lobbying issues
• Membership voting on business association decisions
• Conducting for-profit business activity
• Liability and risk management
• Setting up affiliated 501(c)(3) foundations that can support the work of the 501(c)(6) business league
• Governance matters – members vs. board vs. staff