Charitable Giving Lawyers
732 verified charitable giving attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Charitable Giving counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
Richard M. Morgan has been practicing law in Georgia since 1987.
Named one of Georgia Trend Magazine's Legal Elite for 2016 in Tax, Estate, and Trust Law; Selected for Super Lawyers of Georgia (2013, 2014, 2015, 201...
Attorney Joblin C. Younger founded the Law Office of Joblin C.
Mr. Andrew Scott Katzenberg is a lawyer practicing asset protection, charitable giving, estate litigation and 8 other areas of law.
Kevin Michael Chen is a lawyer practicing estate planning, probate, trust & estate administration and 12 other areas of law. Kevin received a B.A. deg...
Peggy K. Gardner is a lawyer practicing estate planning, estate administration, family wealth transfer and 7 other areas of law.
Stephen Joseph Putnoki-Higgins is a lawyer practicing estate planning, estate litigation, charitable giving and 15 other areas of law. Stephen receive...
Kevin Andrew Kane is a lawyer practicing probate & trust, business acquisitions, business divestitures and 16 other areas of law. Kevin received a B.A...
Matt Brown is a partner with the Orange County, California law firm of Brown & Streza LLP. Matt heads the firm’s Tax, Trusts, & Estates Group and its ...
Katrina Hofstetter is a lawyer practicing estate planning, trusts and estates, wills and probate and 11 other areas of law. Katrina received a B.A. de...
Kristina R. Hess is a lawyer practicing asset protection, estate planning, legacy building and 5 other areas of law.
Jonathan Taylor Baker is a lawyer practicing inheritance, estate and gift taxation, charitable giving and 5 other areas of law. Jonathan received a B....
Angelo Pete Politakis is a lawyer practicing estate planning, wills and probate, trusts and estates and 14 other areas of law. Angelo received a B.A. ...
Frank James Danzo III practices at Chayet & Danzo, LLC Read Full Bio
Ms. Eva Marie Monroe is a lawyer practicing taxation, estate planning, corporate law and 133 other areas of law.
Stephanie Eban focuses her practice on estate planning with a concentration in wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. She has experience working with ...
Mr. Michael Christopher de La Garza practices at Brandon Wong & Associates Read Full Bio
Deborah Dunn is a lawyer practicing estate planning, trust and estate administration, trust and estate litigation and 6 other areas of law. Deborah re...
Cynthia graduated from Northwestern School of Law Lewis and Clark College. Lucksinger Law, P.C., is dedicated to representing clients in real estate t...
AV - Preeminent Rated from 2019 through 2023, and a Super Lawyer® Rising Star from 2021 through 2023, North Scottsdale Tax and Estate Planning Attorne...
Ms. Rebekah Steely Brooker is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy, business law, business litigation and 64 other areas of law.
Luciano L. Lama practices at The Lama Law Firm, LLP Read Full Bio
A veteran attorney of more than twenty-years, Mike Parham founded Parham Estate Law in 2009. His estate-related credentials are second to none and inc...
Vickie is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law, and earned her Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Taxation from New York University. Vickie...
Aastha Madaan Farr is a lawyer practicing business enterprises, business formation, business planning and 17 other areas of law. Aastha received a B.A...
Jocelyn Szymanowski focuses her practice on taxation, business, religious and charitable organizations, banking, and real estate matters. She has been...
Sabina Dhillon practices at Law Firm of Sabina Dhillon, LLC Read Full Bio
Justice of the Peace, Darien, Connecticut, 1996—. Chair, Darien Commission on Aging, 2008—.
Aaron Paul Cain is a lawyer practicing trusts and estates, asset protection, charitable giving and 7 other areas of law. Aaron has been licensed for 6...
Jeffrey Dennis Cohen is a lawyer practicing estate planning, probate and estate administration, business and succession planning and 38 other areas of...
Mr. McClanahan is a Fairfax, Virginia native who was trained at Michigan State University College of Law, a top ten academic program for intellectual ...
Mr. Powers is an experienced litigator as well as a transactional attorney.
Mr. Jason Ryan Mahon is a lawyer practicing estate planning, wealth migration, asset protection and 8 other areas of law.
Carl D. Holborn is a lawyer practicing tax planning, estate planning, succession planning and 7 other areas of law.
Bernard Lynn McKay is a lawyer practicing charitable giving, elder law & advocacy, estates and 9 other areas of law. Bernard received a B.B.A. degree ...
Ms. Jennifer L.J.
Steven Jay Roy is a lawyer practicing nonprofit organizations, public finance & tax exempt finance, business planning and taxation and 5 other areas o...
Jerrold E. Slutzky, J.D., CFP® is a Florida-licensed Attorney at Law and owner of The Slutzky Law Firm, which focuses primarily on Estate Planning Ser...
Carey Leigh/Wall Stark is a lawyer practicing estate planning, probate and trust administration, charitable giving and 11 other areas of law. Carey Le...
Mr. Langone has been practicing law for twenty-five years and has been in the Northern Virginia Area since 1999.
Tara Robinson Jones is a lawyer practicing general litigation, probate, criminal law and 15 other areas of law. Tara received a B.A. degree from Miami...
Daniel M. Chen is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, business litigation, trust litigation and 1139 other areas of law.
Nicholas Michael Klimas is a lawyer practicing living wills, asset protection, charitable giving and 8 other areas of law. Nicholas has been licensed ...
David A Lewis is a lawyer practicing estate planning, income tax, small business law and 15 other areas of law. David received a B.A. degree from Notr...
Andrew L. Howell, Cofounder & Managing Partner of law firm York Howell, advises on estate & asset protection, & business structure.
Michael Burnstein is a lawyer practicing charitable giving, estate planning, law practice mgmt and 1 other area of law. Michael received a B.S. degree...
Craig S Gerard is a lawyer practicing wills, trust law, elder care and 82 other areas of law. Craig received a B.A. degree from Western Michigan Unive...
Dirk A. Williams is a lawyer practicing banking and finance, banking law, compliance, and internal operations and processes, taxation and 12 other are...
Adam Foster Katz is a lawyer practicing trusts, power of attorney, medicaid & medicare and 11 other areas of law. Adam received a B.S. degree from Hof...
University of Richmond Law School (91), Magna Cum Laude, James Madison University (87), Summa Cum Laude, Major in Finance, Minor in Economics, Member ...
C. Daniel Vaughan is a lawyer practicing estate planning and estate administration, trusts and estates, advance directives and 43 other areas of law.
John has provided trust and estate planning and settlement service to individuals, families and corporate clients for more than 25 years. He helps ach...
He is currently A-V rated by Matindale-Hubbell. Mr.
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Co-Author, Minnesota Estate Administration; Co-Author, Minnesota Trust Administration; Co-Author...
Emily M. Kellndorfer practices at Attorney Read Full Bio
Matthew J. Marcus is a lawyer practicing personal injury, boating accidents, nursing home litigation and 79 other areas of law.
Alan B. Frankle is a lawyer practicing wills, probate, trusts and estates and 27 other areas of law.
Gail M. Boggio co-chairs our Trusts & Estates group.
David Dean Fenster is a lawyer practicing asset protection, charitable giving, elder law and 10 other areas of law. David received a B.S. degree from ...
Donna Lee Snow is a lawyer practicing tax, wealth protection and estate planning, wealth protection and 5 other areas of law. Donna received a B.A. de...
What is Charitable Giving?
Charitable Giving is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, charitable giving sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way charitable giving works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Charitable Giving attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Charitable Giving lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 732 verified charitable giving attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Charitable Giving attorney?
Most people contact a charitable giving lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for charitable giving representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a charitable giving lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 732 charitable giving attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Charitable Giving attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a charitable giving lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of charitable giving experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Charitable Giving lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a charitable giving lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for charitable giving attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side charitable giving work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing charitable giving needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about charitable giving
How quickly can a charitable giving lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a charitable giving lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many charitable giving attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical charitable giving matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are charitable giving lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between charitable giving and the related practice areas?
Charitable Giving overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find charitable giving attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the charitable giving roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Charitable Giving Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Charitable Giving by State
All states →Find charitable giving attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.