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Bankruptcy

Client: New Rochelle YMCA

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: New Rochelle YMCA seeks assistance with negotiating the payment of debts from a partner that has recently declared bankruptcy.

Mission: The New Rochelle YMCA (www.nrymca.org) strengthens communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibilities.

Matter No.: 32-101.012

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Bylaw Review

Client: Shoreline Trolley Museum

County: New Haven, CT

Legal Work Required: Shoreline Trolley Museum requests assistance with a review of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws.

Mission: Shoreline Trolley Museum (www.shorelinetrolley.org) shares with a diverse audience the story of the trolley and related forms of public transportation in their historical context.

Matter No.: 08-478.1

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Client: Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress

County: New Haven, CT

Legal Work Required: Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress requests assistance with review of bylaws and certificate of incorporation.

Mission: Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress (www.ctdownsyndrome.org) works to improve the lives of all persons with Down Syndrome by promoting equity, opportunity, inclusion and empowerment for individuals and families in all aspects of life.

Matter No.: 08-482.1

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Contracts

Client: Blue Nomad Foundation

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: Blue Nomad Foundation requests assistance with drafting a fiscal sponsorship agreement.

Mission: Blue Nomad Foundation (www.bluenomad.org) works to foster scientific research and develop environmentally and economically sustainable technologies.

Matter No.: 33-093.2

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Client: Women's Perspective

County: Fairfield, CT

Legal Work Required: Women's Perspective requests assistance with drafting a waiver/hold harmless agreement for use with volunteers who will be traveling to Kenya to offer financial literacy training on behalf of the Organization.

Mission: Women's Perspective (www.womensperspective.org) offers workshops, retreats and transformational trips that provide opportunities for women to safely explore their relationship to money and their economic power.

Matter No.: 26-131.3

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Corporate

Client: Friends of the Children's Center for Learning

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: Friends of the Children's Center of Learning requests assistance with dissolution.

Mission: Friends of the Children's Center of Learning provides support to homeless children and preschool aged children of low-income families.

Matter No.: 25-009.2

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Client: PharmaCares

County: Fairfield, CT

Legal Work Required: PharmaCares requests assistance with dissolution.

Mission: PharmaCares helps underserved U.S. patient populations, especially veterans, gain access to medicine and information to improvie their health, while reducing the waste and costs associated with surplus or expired products. PharmaCares is good for patients, good for our planet.

Matter No.: 08-490.1

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Corporate Governance/Compliance

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Corporate Merger

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E-Commerce/Internet

Client: Well Spouse Association

County: Monmouth, NJ

Legal Work Required: Well Spouse Association seeks assistance with developing a policy concerning reporting obligations arising from online forums.

Mission: The Well Spouse Association (www.wellspouse.org) provides peer-to-peer support for spouses and partners of the chronically ill and disabled.

Matter No.: 32-128.1

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Education/Workshops

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Employment/Labor/Employee Benefits

Client: Camp Courant

County: Hartford, CT

Legal Work Required: Camp Courant requests assistance with the review and revision of employee handbook, including social media policy.

Mission: Camp Courant (www.campcourant.org) provides a free summer sanctuary where Hartford's children can develop positive relationships, learn, and have fun.

Matter No.: 08-492.1

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Client: Learning Community

County: Fairfield, CT

Legal Work Required: Learning Community seeks assistance with questions regarding the Organization's retirement fund contributions.

Mission: The Learning Community (www.learningcommunitydayschool.org) is committed to encourage, prepare and educate children to become enlightened, self-assured, responsible and enthusiastic participants in life.

Matter No.: 27-021.4

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Client: Epidemic Answers

County: Hartford, CT

Legal Work Required: Epidemic Answers requests advice about hiring and classifying its first workers.

Mission: Epidemic Answers (www.epidemicanswers.org) is dedicated to educating the public about the epidemic of chronic illness affecting the current generation of children, and providing prevention and healing solutions for parents and caregivers.

Matter No.: 30-097.7

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Client: Clay Art Center

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: Clay Art Center requests a review of its personnel policies.

Mission: The Clay Art Center (www.probonopartnership.org) is dedicated to the advancement of the ceramic arts through educational programming for adults and children, gallery offerings, affordable studio space, and outreach programs serving underprivileged children in the community.

Matter No.: 25-125.4

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Client: Learning Community

County: Fairfield, CT

Legal Work Required: Learning Community requests review of its personnel policies.

Mission: The Learning Community (www.learningcommunitydayschool.org) is committed to encourage, prepare and educate children to become enlightened, self-assured, responsible and enthusiastic participants in life.

Matter No.: 27-021.2

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Environmental/Land Use

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HIPAA

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Immigration

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Incorporation/Tax Exemption

Client: McAndrews Estate Preservation Society

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: McAndrews Estate Preservation Society requests assistance with incorporation and filing for tax exempt status.

Mission: The McAndrews Estate Preservation Society works to preserve and promote the history of the McAndrews Estate.

Matter No.: 33-061.1

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Client: Let the Girls

County: Hartford, CT

Legal Work Required: Let the Girls requests assistance with incorporating and obtaining tax exempt status.

Mission: Let the Girls brings inner city girls to nature through film photography workshops.

Matter No.: 08-488.1

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Client: Blue Nomad Foundation

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: Blue Nomad Foundation requests assistance with incorporation and filing for tax-exemption.

Mission: Blue Nomad Foundation (www.bluenomad.org) works to foster scientific research and develop environmentally and economically sustainable technologies.

Matter No.: 33-093.1

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Client: PharmaCares

County: Fairfield, CT

Legal Work Required: PharmaCares requests assistance with incorporation and tax exemption.

Mission: PharmaCares helps underserved U.S. patient populations, especially veterans, gain access to medicine and information to improvie their health, while reducing the waste and costs associated with surplus or expired products. PharmaCares is good for patients, good for our planet.

Matter No.: 08-490.2

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Client: Urban League of Essex County

County: Essex, NJ

Legal Work Required: Urban League of Essex County requests assistance in creating a nonprofit subsidiary.

Mission: Urban League of Essex County (www.ulec.org) is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African-American and other disadvantaged urban residents to enter the economic and social mainstream.

Matter No.: 25-066.08

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Client: New York Technical Assistance Providers

County: New York, NY

Legal Work Required: New York Technical Assistance Providers requests assistance with incorporation and filing for tax exempt status.

Mission: New York Technical Assistance Providers facilitates meaningful connections to peers, clients and information for the management assistance community.

Matter No.: 33-033.1

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Insurance

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Intellectual Property

Client: National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder seeks advice in connection with a review of a contract with an online health-related website to offer content on personality disorders.

Mission: The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder seeks to provide research on BPD and to bring hope for a better life to those impacted by BPD. The goals of the organization are to sponsor annual conferences, establish regional family centers, promote and conduct research, and publish books and journal articles.

Matter No.: 22-125.6

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Client: Sustainery

County: Westchester, NY

Legal Work Required: Sustainery requests advice regarding the possible trademarking of a name.

Mission: Sustainery provides a forum for children, adults and families to learn about and discuss the value of sustainable living as environmentally responsible users and consumers.

Matter No.: 32-117.3

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Client: Future First USA

County: Fairfield, CT

Legal Work Required: Future First USA seeks intellectual property advice related to the use of the name "Future First USA."

Mission: Future First USA works to combat the social and economic opportunity gap by mobilizing alumni of public high schools to mentor current and recent students.

Matter No.: 33-085.2

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Lending/Finance

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Litigation

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Nonprofit

Client: Jane Doe No More

County: New Haven, CT

Legal Work Required: Jane Doe No More requests assistance with planned golf tournament sponsored by local financial group to benefit the organization and another local charity.

Mission: Jane Doe No More (www.janedoenomore.org) improves the way society responds to survivors of sexual assault through education, awareness, advocacy, and support.

Matter No.: 08-469.3

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Privacy

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Real Estate

Client: Friends of Garden of Ideas

County: Fairfield, CT

Legal Work Required: Friends of Garden of Ideas requests assistance with preparing leases between the Organization and the garden's landowners for the use of the property.

Mission: Friends of Garden of Ideas (www.gardenofideas.com) works to promote a creative and restorative connection to the outdoor world. The Organization maintains and develops the Garden of Ideas in Ridgefield, which is open to the public and offers educational programs for adults and children.

Matter No.: 33-065.1

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Tax

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Trust and Estates

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