Mallory Morales is an associate in DWT's foundations and nonprofits practice group, where she advises nonprofit organizations and philanthropists on corporate, tax, and regulatory matters. Formerly a counsel at a national advocacy nonprofit, Mallory is well-positioned to help charities, foundations, healthcare systems, and other tax-exempt organizations navigate complex legal and tax issues.
Mallory provides clients, both large and small, with expert advice on a range of compliance and operational matters. Mallory coaches nonprofits, including 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations, on state and federal rules regarding taxes, contracts, grants, fundraising, lobbying, campaign finance, fiduciary liability, and nonprofit governance. Mallory works closely with DWT's corporate, healthcare, real estate, and transactional attorneys to provide clients with holistic counsel on various regulatory and organizational issues, as well as business and charitable ventures.
Before joining DWT, Mallory represented consumers, employees, and whistleblowers in litigation involving corporate fraud as well as corporations in commercial litigation matters. Her pro bono work included civil rights litigation and indigent criminal defense. While earning her law degree at Berkeley Law, she was elected editor-in-chief of the California Law Review and served as an extern for U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup, Northern District of California.
Admitted to Practice
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California, 2018
Education
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J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2018
- Editor-In-Chief: California Law Review, Vol 106
- Editor: La Raza Law Journal
- Secretary: La Raza Law Students Association
- Housing Unit Clinical Student: East Bay Community Law Center
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B.A., Anthropology and Religion, Boston University, 2013, magna cum laude
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Advisory Council, Youth on Root, Oakland, Calif., 2023
Professional Recognition
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- Selected to "Northern California Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2022, 2024
Background
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- Counsel, Alliance for Justice, Bolder Advocacy, Oakland, Calif., 2022-2023
- Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, Calif., 2023
- Associate, Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Oakland, Calif., 2020-2022
- Associate, 2018-2020; Summer Associate, 2017 – Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco
- Judicial Extern, Hon. William H. Alsup, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco, 2016