LaVerne Woods
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Position: Partner
Organization: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Location: Seattle, WA
LaVerne Woods is a co-convener of the Legal Framework Work Group.
LaVerne Woods is a partner in the Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where she chairs the firm's tax-exempt organizations group. She represents nonprofit organizations in matters such as qualification for tax exemption, mergers and restructuring, joint ventures and entrepreneurial activities, creation of "friends of" and supporting organizations, Internet-based activities, conversions to and from tax-exempt status, advocacy, charitable solicitations, endowment management, and tax-exempt bond financing. Ms. Woods also helps private foundations establish grantmaking compliance programs and provides grantmaking training workshops. Prior to joining Davis Wright in 1987, she practiced in Washington, D.C., where she was involved in tax legislative matters. Ms. Woods is vice chair of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation Exempt Organizations Committee. Ms. Woods is a past chair of the Washington State Bar Association Business Section's Nonprofit Corporations Committee. She received her bachelor's from Yale University and her law degree from Harvard University.