Achieve Your Mission.
Support Your People.

Helping nonprofits and mission-driven businesses build powerful programs and thriving workplaces.

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Services

Nonprofits

Legal Counsel and Advice for Nonprofit Organizations

The Circle of Life

Guiding you through the life cycle of a nonprofit, such as starting a new nonprofit, reinstating tax-exempt status, merging or restructuring, or closing down (dissolving).

The Day-to-Day

Support with routine nonprofit issues, like drafting and negotiating contracts, advice to boards, bylaws and policies, employment law, tax filing and reporting, nonprofit IP, and on-call general counsel.

Everything Else

Nonprofit advocacy, lobbying, and political activity; training for board, staff, and volunteers; fiscal sponsorship; social enterprise; state and federal grants; crisis management and risk assessment.

Workplace

Employment Counsel and Workplace Support for Nonprofits and Mission-Driven Businesses

Startups and Small Employers

Helping you hire your first employees, manage HR and payroll issues, update workplace polices, create and update an employee handbook, address wage and hour issues, and conduct workplace trainings.

Hiring and Firing

Legal support through the beginning and end of employment relationships with offer letters and employment contracts, separation and severance agreements, independent contractor agreements, and help managing interns and volunteers.

Disputes and Complaints

Counsel through sensitive employment situations, like allegations of discrimination or harassment, responding to employee complaints, and addressing disability accommodation requests.

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Leadership

Counsel for Executives, Leadership Teams, and Boards

Governance and Fiduciary Duties

Helping boards fulfill their fiduciary duties and employment best practices through training, policy development, compliance, and more.

Executive Teams

Practical Advice on executive and management duties and decision-making.

Strategic Communications

Helping you narrate your planned and unplanned organizational changes, leadership transitions, and crisis response.

Risk Management

Preventing, Identifying, and Addressing Risk

Risk Prevention and Reduction

Developing security measures to prevent and reduce risk through training, policies, and contingency planning.

Risk Identification and Assessment

Helping you identify and assess risks across different areas of your organization, including legal, operational, programmatic, and public relations.

Monitoring and Reporting

Implementing reporting mechanisms and policies and helping you stay abreast of relevant regulations, industry standards, and best practices in risk management.

Co-Founders

Chris Logue

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

I am a lawyer with a passion for problem solving. My expertise is built from years of legal training and from working at every level of staff–from the front lines to executive leadership. For nearly 15 years, I’ve worked with all types of organizations–from small, volunteer-run operations to global nonprofits.

With all my clients, my approach is the same: listen carefully, work collaboratively, and keep things simple. My goal is to provide practical and effective legal support so that you can focus on what really matters: your mission and your people.

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Alyssa Rayman-Read

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

I am passionate about helping clients align their mission and values with operations, culture, and strategy. Central to my approach is the belief that little can be accomplished without trustful relationships and dignity for all organizational stakeholders.

My experience as an attorney and executive across various sectors allows me to effectively strategize with clients to prevent and resolve workplace issues, protect their reputation, improve workplace culture, and minimize liability.

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Pricing

How Our Pricing Works

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Appletree Legal values honesty and transparency in pricing and offers several different models to tailor pricing to your unique needs.

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