Yael Fuchs

Select examples of Yael’s firm experience include:

• Providing legal and strategic counsel to an educational consortium creating a cutting-edge AI research institute. Counseling in formation, governance and compliance, as well as contracting with state agencies and other private institutions.
• Counseling a public charity providing grant funding to a municipality, assisting with state and federal compliance, solicitation compliance and the grant agreement with the municipality.
• Counseling a private arts foundation dealing with an internal dispute and conflicts of interest.
• Counseling a new organization that raised substantial sums in a short amount of time with compliance and reporting, including legal reviews of public-facing material.
• Assisting in private foundation in making a large grant to a successor organization.
• Representing a public charity in governance restructuring to obtain independence from its 501(c)(6) association sole member.
• Assisting a large social service provider in managing ongoing outside litigation.
• Representing a social justice charity in litigation relating to misappropriated intellectual property.
• Conducting internal investigations after diversions of charitable assets, and working with the board on remedial actions.
• Led the successful investigation and litigation against a high-profile private foundation engaged in self-dealing, false reporting and violations of prohibitions against political activity.
• Served as senior counsel in the successful investigation and litigation against a large social welfare organization that centered on allegations of self-dealing, excessive compensation to executives, whistleblower retaliation, and failures of oversight by the board of directors. Focused on issues of accountant privilege and review of audit workpapers.
• Oversaw a successful multi-state litigation effort against a network of sham charities and their fundraisers.
• Assisted in the resolution of a dispute between two related art foundations, resulting in the protection of an artistically significant property.
• Conducted the investigation of alleged improper related party transactions and bid-rigging.
• Oversaw the civil litigation against and dissolution of a social service organization whose founder was convicted of fraud in connection with a kickback scheme.