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Criminal Defense
Prior to joining Bergman & Allderdice, Abby was a Deputy Public Defender III at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office for over ten years, where she represented indigent clients in criminal matters. She completed over 60 felony and misdemeanor trials and represented thousands of clients in different stages of their case. She subsequently consulted pro bono on criminal matters for four years.
Sex Crimes
Clear My Record program, a product that automates the process of wiping outdated, low-level convictions from records in order to eliminate barriers for those seeking employment and housing loans. Last year, Anushka Ratnayake, Founder and CEO of myAgro, helped nearly 47,000 farmers in Western Africa buy necessary agricultural tools through a bank-less digital payment system, also called a mobile layaway program. In 2018 alone, farmers using this system made close to 1 million digital investments in their farms. Jess Ladd, Co-Founder and CEO of Project Callisto aslo made massive strides in 2018. Originally designed as a product for college campuses, Callisto is a reporting software that gives survivors of sexual assault the opportunity to anonymously file complaints and/or report perpetrators. Last year Ladd and her team announced Callisto Expansion, a program meant to detect repeat perpetrators. To read about other female CEOs and founders of tech nonprofits and get some inspiration for making impact in your community in 2019, click on the article above.
Fraud
Misdemeanors
Embezzlement
Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) tells of an instance of alleged embezzlement by a board member of the Springboro Clearcreek Baseball Association and warns nonprofits of the dangers of failing to ensure the financial literacy of its board members. While it is unrealistic and typically undesirable to have a board made up entirely of certified public accountants (CPAs), “every board member must be engaged in the organization’s financial processes, and be confident and comfortable enough to thoroughly review financial information, and especially to ask questions.” Relaying this financial information will undoubtedly take time – time that most nonprofit leadership teams do not necessarily have. So, if a similar body does not already exist, your organization might want to consider creating a finance committee to help maintain this financial literacy and transparency among your board members. If nothing else, the creation of this group will ensure that financial processes are being overseen by multiple bodies, rather than the one trusted CPA on your board. While the composition and function of your committee might be limited depending on the portion of your staff and budget you can realistically allocate to it, adding any kind of financial oversight certainly can’t hurt. To access more resources to help you improve the financial security and oversight of your nonprofit, take a look at the list of research papers and webinars compiled by NPQ in the article above.
Assault
Murder
We are at a moment of profound national reckoning. With more than 200,000 Americans now dead from COVID-19, the virus’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, and the continued murder of Black people by police and vigilantes (too often without legal consequence or prosecution), these interrelated national crises have laid bare the deep injustices that continue to define this country. We are seeing just how urgent the need is for massive structural change, while experiencing firsthand the limitations of relying on government to bring that about.
Prostitution
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. When she was three years old, her parents divorced, and she and her brother went to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. When Angelou was just eight years old, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. When exposing the truth of what happened led to the brutal murder of her assailant, the young Angelou—terrified by the power of her own tongue—did not speak another word for the next five years. From this bout of silence emerged a woman who danced, sang, recorded poetry, and aspired to be in professional theater. Her plans were put on hold at age 16, however, when she became pregnant. Angelou moved to San Diego where she worked as a waitress in a nightclub, got mixed up with drugs and prostitution, and danced in a strip club. Ironically, it was the strip club that led to her being discovered as an artistic powerhouse. Today, she remains one of America’s leading contemporary poets—having achieved much in the fields of acting, writing, theater and as a member of the Civil Rights Movement. Despite her iniquitous and turbulent youth, Maya Angelou provided a positive message of hope, humanity and love. And before you start searching for her multi-volume autobiography to order on Amazon, check out these five nonprofit headlines from the news this week.

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
We were inspired to found Bergman and Allderdice in 2005 by our belief in the need to create, support and advise nonprofit and mission-based organizations. We see the work of these nonprofits and social enterprises as a key equalizer and resource in a world heavily skewed economically and socially. We have both worked at large firms but prefer the personalized service of a smaller, women-owned law firm, and we are dedicated to providing high quality and cost effective legal services. We work closely with every one of our clients to solve complex legal matters and to help each realize self-sustainability. Our areas of expertise include affordable housing, community development, social enterprise, tax-exempt bond financing, tax credit financing, including CDFI- and CDE- source financing, compliance, management, public/private partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit and for-profit formation and qualifying organizations for tax-exempt status.
Limited Liability Companies
Scott regularly represents entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in connection with organizational and capital raising activities. Over the years, he has acted as outside general counsel to many of the start-up businesses he advises – in most cases taking them from entity formation, through rounds of capital-raising, and negotiating and drafting the necessary commercial contracts required to conduct business. He assists clients in choice of entity issues and has substantial experience with corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Scott has represented emerging businesses in debt and equity financing transactions including private placements of securities. He has counseled entrepreneurs and emerging businesses in connection with product distribution arrangements, website development issues, shareholder and buy-sell agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and employment and independent contractor matters. He also has assisted both issuers and underwriters in public offerings and has assisted public companies with their periodic reporting obligations.
Construction Contracts
Intellectual Property
Abby is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and The George Washington University Law School, J.D, where she was a member of the Editorial Board for the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Journal. Abby was admitted the California Bar in 2004.

Non-compete Agreement
Nonprofit Times reporting on this latest update, the most recent ASU would allow nonprofits to pass up testing goodwill impairment at the reporting unit level. Specifically, according to the article, nonprofits would “be able to amortize goodwill over 10 years or less, on a straight-line basis, test for impairment upon a triggering event, elect to test for impairment at the entity level, and, incorporate certain customer-related intangible assets and all non-compete agreements into goodwill.” To find out the specifics of the proposed update, what questions FASB is asking about it, and how it might affect the accounting of your organization, visit the link to the article above.
Sexual Harassment
The NonProfit Times directed its focus to the #MeToo movement. Leaders from the legal, risk management and fundraising sectors were convened to discuss the movement and its impact on the nonprofit world. However unpleasant to address, the topic of sexual harassment in the workplace is one with which even nonprofit leaders are familiar. The webinar discussed systematic issues relating to harassment and measures leaders can take to prevent problems from occurring. Are you a nonprofit leader that could have benefited from the webinar? No need to worry. Click the link above to listen to the hour-long program in its entirety.

Real Estate Litigation
We represent lenders, purchasers, sellers, landlords and tenants in real estate property financing and development, sales, leasing, condominium approval, property subdivision and qualification for property tax exemptions. In short, we handle all facets of commercial real estate law, including...
Construction Litigation
Michael is a partner at Bergman and Allderdice. He represents community lenders, the community development departments of several cities, tax-exempt organizations, affordable housing developers and residential developers. His practice areas include real estate finance, land use and planning, affordable housing, relocation and CEQA. Mr. Allderdice has extensive experience with virtually every type of real estate matter, including property management, leasing, purchases and sales, construction and take-out financing, bond financing, construction contracts, formation of joint ventures, general and limited partnerships and limited liability companies, zoning review, entitlement, subdivision, development and title matters.
Real Estate Transactions
For nonprofits with fewer than 21 directors, approval of non-substantial real estate transactions requires the vote of a majority of the directors (formerly required vote of two-thirds of the directors), and approval of transactions involving property that constitutes all or substantially all of the nonprofit’s assets will require the vote of two-thirds of the directors.
Land Use and Zoning

Immigration Law

Citizenship and Naturalization

Personal Injury
Dan is of counsel to Bergman & Allderdice, and is a trial attorney with more than 3 decades of experience. While Dan routinely litigates a wide variety of matters, his practice emphasizes litigation involving corporate, real estate, construction, banking, finance, entertainment, securities, employment, intellectual property, probate and trusts, insurance, catastrophic personal injury, and consumer fraud issues. Dan also has substantial experience in alternative forums such as arbitration and mediation. He has handled numerous cases to bench and jury verdicts. Dan has argued extensively in the Courts of Appeal and has broad experience with pre and post trial remedies. Dan is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble and has been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer for Class Action and Mass Torts. Dan is also a California licensed real estate broker.

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
Andrew is of counsel to Bergman and Allderdice. He is a Certified Tax Specialist through the California Board of Legal Specialization, specializing in Opportunity Zones, New Market Tax Credits, Low Income Housing Tax Credits and the Rehabilitation Credit. He previously worked at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell as an associate in their Tax, Trust & Estates Group, and later was a part of the Tax Credit Development Group at Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt LLP.
Trusts
Require covered entities to provide meaningful and transparent disclosures on their internet platforms, promptly distribute donations, and prohibit solicitations for charities not in good standing with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts;
Probate

Tax Law
As a prominent employment defense firm, when our nonprofit employer clients need legal counsel in governance and tax issues, Beth Bergman and her firm are our go-to experts. Beth and her team bring not only the greatest expertise in nonprofit law in Southern California, but genuine passion and mature judgment in serving their clients. Beth believes in her clients and it shows in the service her firm delivers."

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