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June 16, 2023
Avoiding Association Governance and Bylaws Pitfalls, New England Society of Association Executives’ 2023 Annual Meeting, Uncasville, CT (Presentation)
June 6, 2023
Top Legal Risks Facing Nonprofits (Presentation), Mid-Atlantic Society of Association Executives’ 2023 Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ
June 6, 2023
Beyond Force Majeure: Navigating Hotel and Venue Contracts in a Post-COVID World (Presentation), Mid-Atlantic Society of Association Executives’ 2023 Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ
May 17, 2023
Employee Non-Compete Agreements: What Every Association Needs to Know in a Rapidly Evolving Legal and Regulatory Landscape (Article), American Bar Association's Business Law Today
May 5, 2023
AI and Nonprofits: Five Key Legal Issues to More Than 'Chat' About (Article), The NonProfit Times
April 28, 2023
Five Legal Issues to Consider When It Comes to Generative AI (Article), American Society of Association Executives' Associations Now Daily News
April 19, 2023
AI and Associations: Five Legal Issues to Consider (Article), American Bar Association’s Business Law Today
April 10, 2023
April 1, 2023
March 20, 2023
Structuring Contracts: UBIT, Royalties, Sponsorships, Trade Shows, Advertising, and Events (Presentation), Air Force Association, Arlington, VA
Meet Our Team
Jeff is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit attorneys, and a highly regarded and frequent author, lecturer, media commentator, and expert witness on nonprofit legal matters. Formerly the longtime chair of one of the country’s largest nonprofit law practices, he is the recipient of numerous distinguished national awards and honors.
Nisha is an experienced in-house nonprofit attorney and senior-level business partner. Formerly the associate general counsel of a large REALTOR® association in Northern Virginia, she has a broad understanding of nonprofit legal matters as well as business operations, governance, and development.
Holly Peterson is an attorney with significant experience in the association and nonprofit, employment, and education sectors. She excels at translating complex regulatory and legal issues into practical and digestible client solutions. Prior to joining TLG, Holly served in a senior role on the Legal Resources Team and Leadership Team at the National Association of College and University Attorneys for eight years, where she was immersed in legal and operational issues impacting the nonprofit education sector, acquiring significant experience with association and nonprofit operations and management.
Counsel Ashley Wisneski has been practicing law for 20 years and brings extensive in-house experience to TLG. She has a strong background in nonprofit organizations, employment law, fundraising regulation and gift restrictions, international operations, higher education, compliance, and litigation. Most recently, Ashley served as the University Counsel at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Associate General Counsel at Johnson & Wales University.
Laura Farhang is a senior attorney with extensive in-house and private-practice experience advising nonprofit organizations, trade and professional associations, multinational companies, executive leadership teams, and boards of directors. Before joining TLG, she served as General Counsel and a member of the Senior Leadership Team of the Center for International Private Enterprise, a global nonprofit and Core Institute of the National Endowment for Democracy.
Ritha Pierre is a senior attorney with 14 years of experience advising nonprofit organizations, executive leadership teams, and boards of directors on employment law, labor relations, governance, and other legal matters. Before joining TLG, she served as General Counsel at Race Forward, a national racial justice nonprofit, and RiseBoro Community Partnership, a New York City community development and human services nonprofit.
Kevin Serafino is an attorney with experience advising a wide range of nonprofit organizations at various stages of their development, leveraging his decade of experience working in-house at two national trade associations to provide practical and actionable legal advice to mission-driven organizations. He also counsels politically active organizations on federal and state lobbying, ethics, and campaign finance laws. Kevin was the recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2026 Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Award in the Young Attorney category. Prior to joining TLG, Kevin served as an associate in the nonprofit organizations practice of a leading mid-Atlantic law firm, while also practicing in the firm’s Chambers-ranked political law group.
Greg Whitten is an attorney with significant experience advising nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations and public entities on a wide range of legal issues related to strategy, compliance, and operations. Drawing on more than four years of experience as Senior Legal Counsel at an international technology nonprofit organization, he provides practical legal guidance to mission-driven organizations navigating complex regulatory and operational environments.
Kyler Mejia is an attorney with experience advising nonprofit tax-exempt organizations and socially responsible businesses operating both domestically and internationally. Kyler counsels a broad range of nonprofits on a wide array of legal matters. He also acts as outside general counsel to many clients, assisting with issues related to federal tax exemption, corporate governance, contract reviews and drafting, mergers and acquisitions, subsidiaries and affiliates, hybrid corporate structures, partnerships and joint ventures, lobbying and political activity compliance, intellectual property, and more. Prior to joining TLG, Kyler worked at a boutique law firm in Tempe, AZ, focused exclusively on servicing the legal needs of nonprofits.
Rowan Cunningham is an attorney with experience advising nonprofit tax-exempt organizations on a broad range of legal and compliance matters. Prior to joining TLG, Rowan worked for several years as a law clerk and then an attorney at another DC-based law firm focused on nonprofit organizations.
