BOSTON, MA, October 17, 2024 – Casner & Edwards partners Anita S. Lichtblau and Sharon C. Lincoln will speak at the Providers' Council's 49th Annual Convention & Expo on October 21. Their workshop, “Legal and Financial Update and Best Practices,” will cover a Uniform Financial Report update; best practices for boards facing a crisis; new Fair Labor Standards Act regulations on overtime exemptions; and implications on employment practices, DEI programs, and grantmaking of recent judicial decisions. This is the 48th year that Casner has presented at this event.  

Lichtblau advises nonprofit organizations on a wide variety of legal issues, including formation of organizations and application for tax-exempt status, maintenance of tax-exempt status, governance, lobbying and political activity. She specializes in the creation of corporate policies, employment matters and government and private grants and contracts. Lichtblau is a former co-chair of the Boston Bar Association (BBA) Tax-Exempt Organization Section and member of the Board of Directors of the Rebecca Pomroy Foundation.

Lincoln’s practice focuses on providing clients with strategic advice designed to support and enhance their philanthropic goals. To that end, she assists nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, as well as for-profit social ventures, in connection with a wide range of tax, corporate, transactional, and governance matters. Lincoln is licensed in Massachusetts and California and assists clients located on both coasts, also representing them in matters concerning the IRS, the Massachusetts Attorney General, and the California Attorney General and Franchise Tax Board. Lincoln is a member of the American Bar Association Tax Section, the Boston Bar Association, and the California Lawyers Association. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the TEGE Exempt Organizations Council, the Boston Bar Association Tax-Exempt Organization Steering Committee, the Board of Directors of the Associates of the Boston Public Library, the Board of Directors of Community Initiatives, and the Board of Directors of Farm Sanctuary.

The Providers' Council, formally known as the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc., is an association of community-based human services agencies in Massachusetts with more than 220 members. Founded in 1975, the Providers’ Council is the largest human services trade association and is widely recognized as the official voice of the private provider industry.

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