Conference Speaker: Legal Issues

Steve Faust, Director, Gonzaga School of Law, University Legal Assistance, and Susan Amstadter, Practitioner in Residence at the ULA Clinic

(www.law.gonzaga.edu/academic-program/law_clinic/default.asp)

Steve is a Spokane attorney with twenty-five years experience in business law and litigation. He has broad expertise in corporate and business law. Steve currently maintains a solo law practice representing a broad range of clients including small businesses, nonprofits, technology-oriented firms, and start-ups. Steve is also the Director of the Business Law Clinic at the Gonzaga University School of Law. In that capacity, he supervises second and third year law students in providing a broad variety of transactional legal assistance to qualifying small businesses, technology start-ups, and nonprofit organizations.

Susan has been practicing law for over twenty-five years. She is currently a Practitioner in Residence in the Business Law Clinic at Gonzaga where she supervises law student interns, primarily focusing on nonprofit projects. Susan is also Co-Owner of Express Employment Professionals, a locally owned internationally franchised staffing firm, managing daily operations.

Join these speakers to better understand basic legal issues involved in operating a nonprofit organization such as governance, conflicts of interest, and compensation of executives.

The first annual Inland Northwest Nonprofit Conference – Fund Development Series will be held Thursday, February 17th, 2011, at the Spokane Masonic Center. For more information visit the AE website.