Experience

Sedreddine & Whoriskey, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  Co-founded boutique practice focused exclusively on the representation of tax-exempt organizations and mission-driven businesses. Advise clients on a wide range of tax, regulatory, governance, employment and general corporate and transactional matters. Co-founded boutique practice focused exclusively on the representation of tax-exempt organizations and mission-driven businesses. Advise clients on a wide range of tax, regulatory, governance, employment and general corporate and transactional matters.



Counsel to Tax Exempt Organizations

• Legal Advisor

  • Sep 2011 - Nov 2014

  Perform legal work on a variety of matters for tax exempt organizations, including applying for tax exempt status, establishing corporate governance and compliance practices, and providing advice in connection with corporate dissolution and distribution of assets. Clients include Digital Health Coalition, Pershing Square Foundation, the Brooklyn Women's Exchange, and Friends of the Greenwich Village High School. Perform legal work on a variety of matters for tax exempt organizations, including applying for tax exempt status, establishing corporate governance and compliance practices, and providing advice in connection with corporate dissolution and distribution of assets. Clients include Digital Health Coalition, Pershing Square Foundation, the Brooklyn Women's Exchange, and Friends of the Greenwich Village High School.



Hybrid Consulting LLC New York

• Partner

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

  Advised not-for-profit companies regarding alternative revenue streams for their organizations, including Program Related Investments, and provided advice regarding various legal structures, as well as avoiding unrelated business income tax. Advised not-for-profit companies regarding alternative revenue streams for their organizations, including Program Related Investments, and provided advice regarding various legal structures, as well as avoiding unrelated business income tax.



Harlem United

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Advisor

  • Mar 2008 - Dec 2011

  Provided outside general counsel services on a variety of matters, including misuse of corporate name, donor restrictions, dissolution of a corporate subsidiary, and review of corporate governance practices. Negotiated with City for retroactive real estate tax exemption and refund. Provided outside general counsel services on a variety of matters, including misuse of corporate name, donor restrictions, dissolution of a corporate subsidiary, and review of corporate governance practices. Negotiated with City for retroactive real estate tax exemption and refund.



Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Brooklyn Bar Association

• Volunteer Lawyer

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2008

  Created new economic fraud prevention outreach and education program for senior citizens, and conducted presentations in senior centers throughout Brooklyn. Provided free legal advice to pro se litigants in consumer law cases in weekly clinic in Kings County Civil Court. Created new economic fraud prevention outreach and education program for senior citizens, and conducted presentations in senior centers throughout Brooklyn. Provided free legal advice to pro se litigants in consumer law cases in weekly clinic in Kings County Civil Court.



Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • 1994 - 1998