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Nonprofits face special business challenges. In addition to needing competent counsel and advice in areas ranging from contracts and leases to employee relations, they encounter unique dynamics when engaging with volunteers and conducting fundraising. Murphy Pearson’s Nonprofit industry group attorneys bring skills from our various practice disciplines, including business, real estate, employment and tax, so “not-for-profit” clients can run like sophisticated businesses.

Firm attorneys have represented clients in areas including nonprofit entity formation and board governance, as well as various ongoing business operations, such as tax matters, business planning and real estate sale, acquisition, and leasing. We’ve represented educational entities in state-led investigations. Our attorneys have also represented homeowners’ associations and stock cooperatives in complex matters involving the management of common interest developments.

We have defended individual officers and directors and boards of civic, charitable and homeowners’ associations accused of breaches to their fiduciary duties, errors and omissions, and other forms of professional liability associated with their roles. In addition, we represent nonprofits in tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and other state and local taxing authorities, as well as advising regarding the tax and legal implications related to estate planning and gifting.


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2023 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selects 16 Firm Lawyers

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is an annual publication that recognizes the top lawyers in Northern California via a patented multiphase selection process...

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MPBF’s Association of Professional Women Hosts SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins

MPBF’s Association of Professional Women hosted a lunch time Café Chat with San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. Topics discussed were the challenges facing women in the legal profession, public safety, and the need to remove politics from law-and-order related decisions. Ebony Koger and Mariah Cooks hosted the interview....

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Firm Successfully Defends Administrator of Residential Care Facility for the Elderly and Co-Defendants Against State Criminal Elder Abuse Charges

A Los Angeles County Judge dismissed all charges against Silverado Senior Living Management Inc., two other corporate entities, and three company officials in connection with the COVID-related deaths of 14 people beginning in March 2020. The MPBF litigation team was led by Shareholder Philip J. Kearney and Director Christopher...

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