Event Details
Friday, May 30, 2025
10:00AM – 2:00PM PT
Central Washington University Student Union Building and Recreation Center
Ellensburg, WA
Let’s Go Legal is here to help you achieve your mission and stay compliant in the process. This workshop will get you started on a road to compliance by thinking of your nonprofit like a car. Just like a car, you need to register your nonprofit and know how to operate the organization. There are state and federal rules of the road to follow. Your nonprofit needs money and resources (fuel) to power the organization. The people in your car matter too, these are your nonprofit’s valuable workers. Lastly, similar to cars, every organization has a unique look and feel as well as special materials that you may want to protect. The session will also cover bylaws and how to use them to strengthen your board practices as well as advocacy and ways to grow your mission within the public sector.
The workshop will cover:
- State Law
- Federal Law
- Fundraising
- Employment Law
- Intellectual Property Law
A light lunch will be provided.
Cost
This workshop is free thanks to support from our partners.Â
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for nonprofit board members or staff interested in nonprofit law basics. It is appropriate for organizations with or without staff.
Important Information about Safety and Health
To ensure the health and safety of attendees at our in-person events, NAWA will follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities regarding infectious diseases such as COVID-19. These regulations may change rapidly, so please check current government guidelines for the event location before attending. Please do not attend an in-person event if you feel sick or are showing symptoms known to be associated with COVID-19 or another infectious disease. NAWA will provide masks at all in-person events and anyone attending should feel comfortable requesting or wearing one.
Accessibility
Interpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter.
Visual Descriptions:Â Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves and the slides to give a person who is low-vision or blind a sense of space and place.
If you have additional accessibility requests, please let us know when you register.
About the Speakers
Luis Adán Jiménez, Senior Associate, Apex Law Group
Luis Adán Jiménez is a senior associate at Apex Law Group, a boutique law firm based in Seattle, Washington. Born and raised in rural New Mexico in a family of artists, Adán developed a deep appreciation for the arts early in life. This background significantly influences his legal career, where he specializes in intellectual property law, particularly focusing on copyrights and trademarks. His work often involves supporting artists, creatives, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs, combining his passion for the arts with his legal expertise.
Adán earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2016, and prior to that, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Fine and Studio Arts from the University of New Mexico in 2010. Since being admitted to the Washington State Bar, he has been actively involved in the legal community, serving as the President and Board Member for Washington Lawyers for the Arts and as Co-Vice Chair of the King County Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section, board member of Global Leadership Forum. He also volunteers with Kids in Need of Defense, assisting unaccompanied minors with legal challenges in the United States, and Communities Rise legal clinics, assisting nonprofits with legal questions. In my free time, I like spending time with my family and running.
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George Ptasinski, Apex Law Group
A desire for challenge brought me to Apex, where we represent corporate and non-profit clients and help them navigate intricate legal problems facing newly formed and growing companies. Â I come to Apex with over 25 years of international business experience where I focused on issues involving intellectual property, regulatory compliance, general business counsel, and business development.
My experience has shown me that legal issues are unique to each client, their competitive and regulatory environment, as well as the goals and objectives of the company.
Over the past decade, I have been very involved in the craft beverage community and operate a craft business incubator where I support the launch of small businesses that are passion projects, second careers, or investment opportunities for my clients. Having also launched several companies of my own, I understand the concerns of small business owners because I have lived them.
Thanks to Our Partners
Presented by Nonprofit Association of Washington in partnership with the Washington Office of the Secretary of State, Apex Law Group, and Central Washington University.Â
The University of Washington does not endorse the views of groups that lawfully pay to rent space on campus. No UW public funds are used to support non-UW events and all use of facilities is in accordance with state ethics laws and the Washington Administrative Code.
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