Ann’s practice is concentrated in the representation of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, in the areas of employment, corporate law, taxation, employee benefits, immigration and education law.

Representative Work

• Handles a wide variety of legal issues for religious, charitable and educational institutions.
• Counsels clients in tax and employment matters.
• Counsels nonprofit tax-exempt organizations through all stages of corporate existence, from organization to termination.
• Represents educational institutions and systems at all levels, from early childhood through graduate school.
• Works with government officials on behalf of nonprofits, and with nonprofit employees on corporate compliance.
• Advises nonprofits with regard to employee benefit plans.
• Assists officers and boards of several nonprofits with governance issues.
• Advises nonprofits on restructurings, asset purchases and sales, lending transactions and real estate transactions.
• Assists employers with immigration matters, including employment-based visas and permanent residency.

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
  • Business Law Section: Committee on Nonprofit Corporations; Subcommittee on Religious Organizations; Subcommittee on Revised Model Nonprofit Corporation Act; Subcommittee on Nonprofit Governance
• The Missouri Bar
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  •    Nonprofit Law Committee

Community Involvement

• Adjunct Faculty, Washington University Graduate Program in Nonprofit Management, 2008-10
• Board Member, Annie's Hope - The Bereavement Center for Kids

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Co-Author, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, GUIDE TO REPRESENTING RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS (2009).
• Central Association of College and University Business Officers Winter Workshop, “More Red Tape? The Red Flag Rule for Colleges and Universities,” February 11, 2009
• Incarnate Word Foundation Seminar, “Government Action Impacting Nonprofits,” June 19, 2007