The Law Office of Gene Takagi is a San Francisco Bay Area, California law firm committed to providing high quality, responsive legal counsel to nonprofit organizations.  From starting a nonprofit to advising nonprofit boards and executives, we strive to strive to provide value to our clients on a variety of corporate, tax and nonprofit governance-related matters.

One of the 50 Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders You Should Know - Nonprofit Leadership 601.

Gene Takagi is an award-winning nonprofit attorney; author and publisher of the Nonprofit Law Blog; and popular speaker, lecturer, and writer.   In his 9th year of legal practice, and with over 15 years of prior management experience and a graduate degree in nonprofit administration, Gene approaches issues from both a legal and a management perspective. For clients, this two-tiered approach assures that they receive practical, real world advice they can use.

Gene has been featured on Law.com (October 4, 2007) and has spoken at numerous conferences and continuing education programs. His article Corporate Governance for Nonprofits was published by the American Law Institute / American Bar Association in June 2008. If you'd like a free copy for your nonprofit organization, email us with your contact information.

Contact Gene Takagi to learn how your nonprofit may benefit from first-rate, affordable counsel from a nonprofit attorney focused on helping nonprofits.

Counsel for Nonprofit Organizations

Community Service Policy

Pursuant to our Community Service Policy, each of our attorneys is committed to currently serving on the board of directors of at least one charity, completing a minimum of 100 hours of community and pro bono services each year, participating in bar association activities, and regularly contributing information to the community. All community service projects are to be accepted, with approval of the principal attorney, through an established legal services provider or because of a deep personal connection to the particular charity and its mission.  We shall substantially contribute to the change we seek in the world.

We are committed to strengthening the nonprofit sector. We regularly create and share information with the public through the Nonprofit Law Blog, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media. We also write papers for professional journals, speak at conferences and continuing legal education programs, and lecture at universities. Our targeted community services currently include board service with Community Initiatives (formerly CIF of the San Francisco Foundation); pro bono services to JCYC, Net Impact, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and other organizations through the CORP program of the Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) of the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF); and participation on the VLSP Leadership Council and Pro Bono Committee of BASF. In addition, because of the alarming lack of diversity among leaders of nonprofits, we periodically hold free seminars for leaders and emerging leaders who are also members of minority groups.  Gene typically provides over 250 hours of community and pro bono services each year.

News

June 21, 2010 - The Opportunity Collaboration announced the selection of Gene Takagi as a Delegate to the Opportunity Collaboration.  He will join 300 other social venture capitalists, entrepreneurial nonprofit leaders, foundation executives and other activists working to combat poverty at a four-day strategic summit in October 2010.  On World Poverty Eradication Day, Gene will be leading a discussion on legal issues affecting nonprofits and other social enterprises.

The Law Office of Gene Takagi is thrilled to have legal assistant and recent UC Hastings Law School graduate Emily Nicole Chan join our team full-time in the fall.