Business Name (DBA): Law Offices of Kathryn M. Vanden Berk, PC
Business Address: 203 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2100, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Business Phone: 312-558-1690
Email Address: kvandenberk@nonprofitlawchicago.com
Website: http://www.nonprofitlawchicago.com/
Principal: Kathryn Vanden Berk
Category of Service:
Attorneys
Description of Services:
An Attorney Prepared to Assist Nonprofit Clients
Kathryn Vanden Berk focuses on a client base that is almost entirely nonprofit organizations. She advises nonprofits on a wide variety of issues, including corporate matters, 501(c) tax exemptions, sales and property tax exemptions, mergers, leases, contracts, trademark, property transfers and employment issues.
Ms. Vanden Berk was legal counsel to a number of health-related trade associations in Madison, Wisconsin, before serving as the president of two residential treatment centers for children. She currently is adjunct faculty for the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management at North Park University. Her published articles and newsletters offer useful information in a useable format, and are available at no cost on her website.
Background on you and/or your business:
30 Years in the Nonprofit Arena
Kathryn Vanden Berk has been providing advice to nonprofit organizations since 1979. Her legal career began in Madison, Wisconsin, where she was legal counsel to a number of health care providers and trade associations. She became President of a residential treatment center for children in 1988, and worked in that field as an executive for the next 10 years.
Kathryn returned to the practice of law in 1999 and now focuses her legal work on not-for-profit, tax-exempt organizations. Since 1999, she has successfully taken a wide variety of organizations through the start-up process, and she has advised both large and small organizations on issues of governance, leadership, management, corporate re-structure, taxation, and employment administration. Her clients are nationwide.
Testimonials and/or references:
"Kathryn is the most customer focused attorney I have ever worked with and she is an absolute expert on nonprofit law..." C.R., Michigan
"I have been working with attorneys since I came into this business in 1984, and I have never worked with anyone who is better. She responds immediately to my needs and she knows what she is doing..." J.S., North Carolina
Names of and/or links to your books, articles or blogs:
~ Starting a Nonprofit Organization in Illinois: Do It Right the First Time, published by Lumity, Chicago.
~ Retooling Employment Standards for the Future, published by First Nonprofit Educational Foundation, Chicago.
~ Not-for-Profit Corporations, Handbook for Illinois Lawyers, 2001 Edition and 2004 Update, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
~ Contributing Editor, Alliance for Children & Families Magazine.
~ To sign up for Kathryn Vanden Berk's regular newsletter on legal issues related to nonprofits, please contact her at: kvandenberk@nonprofitlawchicago.com
Service area by country, state or zip code:
United States
