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TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum Quoted in Kawsachun News Article, “Earth Day Shock: Environmentalists Fear Trump’s Plans to Strip Nonprofits’ Status!”
April 20, 2025
TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum Quoted in Kawsachun News Article, “Earth Day Shock: Environmentalists Fear Trump’s Plans to Strip Nonprofits’ Status!”
TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum was quoted in the Kawsachun News Article, “Earth Day Shock: Environmentalists Fear Trump’s Plans to Strip Nonprofits’ Status!” “Neither the President, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, nor the IRS can revoke the federal tax-exempt status of any entity by executive order or simply with a pen,” stated Jeffrey Tenenbaum, an attorney specializing in nonprofit organizations, on Thursday. He further clarified that revoking federal tax exemption involves “individual IRS audits of each organization, with sufficient opportunity for the entity to defend itself, including multiple avenues for appeal.”
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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. Most recently, she served as the University Counsel at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Associate General Counsel at Johnson & Wales University.
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. 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.
Kyler Mejia is an attorney (DC Bar admission pending) 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.
