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Peter Wolk

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LAW OFFICE OF PETER C. WOLK

Mr. Wolk is a lawyer who graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College (CT), earned a Master of
Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Nonprofit Administration, Planning, and
Social Policy, and graduated with a juris doctor degree cum laude from American University’s Law

School.

Mr. Wolk’s practice focuses on tax exempt organizations. He represents the interests of national,
regional, and local nonprofit organizations of all kinds, including membership organizations, medical
societies, community charities, trade groups, Internet watchdog groups, educational groups, religious
organizations, international relief groups, amateur sports organizations, higher education entities,

health and environmental nonprofits, social welfare groups, and scientific research groups.

In his law practice, Mr. Wolk advises clients on day-to-day and strategic governance, inter-entity
transactions, joint ventures, nonprofit formation, corporate documents, mergers, tax, fund raising,
employment issues, intellectual property, overseeing outside litigation counsel, contracts, Board
meetings, and the permissible range of activities for tax-exempt organizations. His expertise extends
into conducting Board training retreats, legal audits, and strategic planning sessions. He has taught and

counseled scores of nonprofits of different tax status.

He teaches Nonprofit Law and Governance at American University and has taught Nonprofit Law for
the D.C. Bar for over 20 years. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross

National Capital Chapter, and the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington.

Mr. Wolk has twice been honored as Volunteer of the Year for the Arts, was lead legal counsel for the
enactment of the D.C. Nonprofit Volunteer Immunity Law, and has written The Art of Creating
Nonprofit Organizations (Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts), How to Develop Self-Sustaining Nonprofit Organizations (U.S. Department of Energy, Clean Cities Program), The Paper Chase: Non-

Profit Filings, Forms & Record Keeping, and served as Special Editor of Developing Fundraising Policies and Procedures.

He is the author of two editions of The Formbook for College and University Attorneys, comprised of

approximately 700 pages of nonprofit contract and other legal forms.

He worked and testified on the revision of the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Code.

His bar leadership activities have been honored by both the American Bar Association and the District

of Columbia Bar Association.

Mr. Wolk is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the
United States Supreme Court.