Nonprofit Law Attorneys 

Airdo Werwas, LLC represents nonprofit corporations in their governance, operations, and management, and with disputed matters that lead to the litigation process. The attorneys bring years of experience and deep knowledge of the multifaceted legal issues involving tax-exempt institutions, organizations, and associations. We provide counsel and advice on the unique legal issues affecting educational institutions; public charities; religious institutes and societies of apostolic life; public juridic persons; trade and professional associations; churches; arts and cultural organizations; social clubs; and various governmental agencies, districts, and officials. Airdo Werwas, LLC, assists in preparing documents to organize nonprofit corporations and unincorporated entities for state and local law purposes. We assist with board structure, drafting bylaws and policies, and overall systems of governance. The firm also guides board members in understanding and carrying out their fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, and obedience and understanding how to avoid the pitfalls that are present in board service. Our team of multidisciplinary lawyers provide legal advice on the application of federal and state tax law and state corporate law to the operations and transactions of tax-exempt organizations, including guidance related to the strict limitations involving lobbying and actively participating in political campaign activities.

We advocate for our nonprofit clients before governmental agencies, courts, and arbitrators. Airdo Werwas, LLC, represents the distinctive aspects of the work and mission of nonprofits in its attempt to resolve disputes through conventional negotiations or a complex mediation process. We do our best to find innovative solutions for all our clients to ensure they can accomplish their tax-exempt purposes.

Unique Experience Serving Religious Organizations

Religious, nonprofit, educational, and social services organizations face legal challenges that may be unfamiliar to other businesses and undermine these groups’ vital missions. We know that these clients must remain dedicated to their charism, and our goal is to focus on their legal needs so that they can remain faithful to their foundation. Our attorneys are dedicated to providing the unique legal services that religious institutes and societies require. The decades of experience and specialized knowledge of members of this practice group have allowed us to be a valuable resource for many organizations, including church-affiliated organizations, apostolates, and religiously-sponsored ministries.

Airdo Werwas offers religious institutes comprehensive corporate services, in addition to our other legal services, in a single firm.  Our work with religious clients includes advising on complex sponsorship and governance issues and assisting in the formation of nonprofit corporations and other legal structures.  We counsel clients through mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and joint ventures. Our lawyers are especially adept at the interplay between canon and civil law and the legal issues that arise with the exchange of entities from one public juridic person to another. Our team regularly works with religious institutions on the civil legal requirements involving when they alienate real property. We are familiar with issues emanating from these transactions, including those between exempt and non-exempt organizations. 

In conjunction with our firm’s real estate experts, we provide our religious and nonprofit clients with a wide range of services relating to real estate sales, drafting and negotiating leases, and construction matters, and various forms of finance issues, including tax-exempt financing. We also provide consultation on real estate tax matters.