Providing legal counsel and services, focusing primarily on the needs of Christian nonprofit organizations and clients who desire to do "business as ministry."

A solo practitioner with a network of resources, seeking to serve as "ministry general counsel" for Christian organizations.

September 2008 - September 2009. CWA was one of the largest international nonprofit adoption agencies in the United States, having placed hundreds of children from abroad with permanent, loving families in the U.S. During my time there, my management skills were enhanced while giving oversight to the day-to-day administration of inter-country adoption programs and staff serving families adopting children from seven countries. Noteworthy achievements are the development and successful launch of a church relationship model, strategic short and long-term planning for fundraising and adoption programs, staff evaluation and service-oriented modeling, new country program development, review and revision of organizational policies, procedures and client-relationship documents, successful resolution of disputes, renewed focus on utilizing web-based tools to accomplish communication and messaging objectives (e

BGEA is one of the most respected, focused and effective evangelistic ministries in the world. Provided a wide-range of legal services and counsel to the Association and its affiliates, and counseled executive leadership, officers and the board of directors on a broad spectrum of legal disciplines, including nonprofit corporations and governance, tax-exempt entities, executive compensation, employment and benefits, charitable solicitation and donations, planned giving, intellectual property (copyright, trademark, right of publicity) protection and licensing, estate and probate administration, entertainment and media law, international law, real estate and contracts. Also directed the staff of the Legal Department, coordinated the work of outside counsel worldwide, and supported the work of development staff with major donors.