David A. Lawson

David Lawson helps organizations and companies navigate the worlds of tax exemption, charitable programs, and philanthropy. His practice includes tax advice for tax-exempt organizations; corporate governance; compliance with solicitation and charitable trust rules; and business transactions involving nonprofits and nonprofit healthcare, with a special focus on emerging issues at the intersection of charity and technology. David has represented publicly traded companies involved in philanthropy; hospitals and medical research organizations; universities; arts organizations and museums, private foundations; and trade associations.

David has helped clients resolve several seemingly insurmountable governance and management issues, and successfully completed dozens of complex transactions ranging from spinoffs of multimillion-dollar programs and multiparty mergers to hospital joint ventures. He has successfully handled several major IRS examinations and state attorney general investigations, and has a decade of experience working collaboratively with federal and state regulators that supervise tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations. He enjoys finding innovative ways to allow his clients to accomplish their charitable, not-for-profit, and philanthropic goals.