If you are starting a nonprofit, or you already run one and the paperwork has gotten ahead of you, you need a lawyer who will sit down and explain what the organization actually has to do — not just hand you a stack of forms. Kanu & Associates, P.C. handles nonprofit matters as part of our business law practice, serving organizations throughout Arizona and New Mexico.
Nonprofit Work Within Our Business Law Practice
A nonprofit is still an entity. It has to be formed correctly, it has to keep records, it signs contracts and leases, it hires people, and it answers to a board. Those are the same questions we work through every week with businesses, and the approach is the same: understand what the organization is trying to accomplish, explain the options in plain language, and help you move forward with confidence.
Attorney Solomon Kanu brings more than two decades of legal experience to that conversation, along with a background in commerce and finance — a Master of Commerce in Banking and Business Finance from M.S. University of Baroda and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics Honors from M.D. University, Rohtak Haryana, before his Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1999. For an organization trying to get its structure and its books pointed in the same direction, that combination matters.
Where We Can Help Your Organization
Every nonprofit is different, so the best first step is a conversation. That said, these are the kinds of matters we take on:
- Formation — setting the entity up properly from the start, with governing documents that fit how you actually intend to operate
- Governance — bylaws, board responsibilities, conflict-of-interest questions and the practical mechanics of running meetings and keeping records
- Contracts — vendor agreements, service contracts, grants and partnership arrangements, reviewed before you sign rather than after
- Ongoing compliance — the filings and recordkeeping that keep an organization in good standing year after year
- Property matters — residential and commercial, including the leases and purchases that come with having a physical home for your programs
- Employment and volunteer issues — the agreements and policies that come with bringing people on
If what you need falls outside what we handle, we will tell you that early. We would rather point you in the right direction than take on something that is not the right fit.
When Your Nonprofit Hires From Abroad
This is where a lot of organizations find us. Nonprofits recruit internationally all the time — researchers, clinicians, teachers, religious workers, program staff — and the employer side of that process is unforgiving if it is handled casually.
Immigration law is the core of our practice. We assist employers with filings before USCIS, matters before the immigration courts of EOIR, and consular processing. If your organization is sponsoring someone, or an employee's status is about to become a problem, that is a conversation worth having sooner rather than later. Solomon Kanu serves as a Board Member of the State Bar of Arizona, Immigration Law Section.
Working With Kanu & Associates
Mr. Kanu was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Arizona in 2001, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2001, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2002, and is a member of the State Bar of New Mexico. He was named one of the Top 20 Solo Practitioners in Arizona by the State Bar of Arizona in 2012, received Avvo's Excellent Lawyer recognition in 2011, and earned Client's Choice in 2020.
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Call (602) 324-5320 or email solomon@kanulaw.com to talk about your organization. The office is at 15150 W Pk Pl Ste 215-2064, Goodyear, AZ 85395, open Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm.