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Cara B. Lawrence

Cara represents nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations in all aspects of their operation and management. She provides business and tax advice to public charities, private foundations, professional societies and trade associations, corporate and community foundations, and political organizations. In addition, she counsels tax-exempt organizations on political, lobbying & advocacy activities; complex tax issues such as unrelated business income tax and the self-dealing rules; property and sales tax; corporate governance and fiduciary duties; grant-making; business contracts; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; and the use of complex legal structures.

Cara is on the planning committee and is a frequent presenter at the Annual Institute on Advising Nonprofit Organizations in Colorado. She also regularly presents for the Colorado Society of Association Executives.  Cara is a contributing author of A Guide for Colorado Nonprofit Organizations (second edition 2018). 


Professional Recognition and Distinctions

  • Colorado Super Lawyers®, Nonprofit/Charities Law (2014-2023)

  • The Best Lawyers America®, Nonprofit Law (2015-2023)

  • Denver’s Best Lawyers (2013, 2018)

  • The People’s Court Choice, Law Week Colorado, Barrister’s Best, Nonprofit Law, 2010

Memberships

  • Colorado Bar Association

  • Denver Bar Association

  • Colorado Women’s Bar Association 


Admitted

  • Colorado

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado 

Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, LL.M. / Taxation (1999)

  • University of Colorado School of Law, J.D. (1996)

  • Smith College, B.A. cum laude (1993)