About Nancy Henderson
Nancy Henderson is an award-winning journalist who has published hundreds of articles in Smithsonian, The New York Times, Parade, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. The author of Sewing Hope and Able! How One Company’s Extraordinary Workforce Changed the Way We Look at Disability Today, she enjoys breaking stereotypes and often writes about people who are making a difference through their work. Over the years, she’s enjoyed listening to family stories about her grandfather, who prosecuted cases as a solicitor general in North Carolina long before she was born.
Articles written by Nancy Henderson
The Best Way To Start a Nonprofit
Nonprofit organizations provide a wide variety of important social services. But starting a nonprofit can be quite complicated, especially if you're unfamiliar with tax and corporation laws. In particular, nonprofit businesses need to understand how different state and federal laws affect their structure. States and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) highly regulate different types of nonprofit organizations. Failure to follow nonprofit compliance could result in severe tax penalties. Before …
The Art of Drafting Contracts: Why Clarity Matters
Business attorneys often find themselves helping clients remedy business contracts. “Sometimes a client can overlook the potential traps and pitfalls in a deal,” says litigator Darius Pakrooh. “That’s why it’s important to understand the power of unforeseeable events and get it 100 percent right the first time.” “If you don’t get it right, it could be unenforceable,” says employment attorney Tara Swartz. “So then you just don’t even have a contract even though you think …
Do I Need a Lawyer To Draft Contracts for My Business?
By the time a Detroit custom-home builder hired attorney Kenneth Neuman to sort out his troublesome contracts, “he was knee-deep in litigation, with one of his clients suing him left and right and for everything under the sun,” Neuman says. “There was no provision in this contract dealing with limitations on damages. Nothing provided for the waiver of a jury trial, let alone sending the parties to arbitration. And he didn’t have clear language in terms of when installments were due …
'I Didn't Give Up'
For more than two decades, Richard Eymann fought the U.S. government on behalf of Hanford downwindersPersonal injury attorney Richard Eymann’s past lives as a a police officer, an Army intelligence officer and a consumer investigator for the D.C. government steeled him for just about anything. That includes a 43-year legal career that has seen more than 80 jury trials, with 10 verdicts topping $1 million; and three settlements topping $10 million. But Eymann, founding partner at Eymann Allison Hunter Jones in Spokane, says the Hanford radiation litigation was in a category of its own: …
Tax Break
Sacramento attorney Carley Roberts finds respite on her horse ranchCarley Roberts and her six siblings couldn’t resist taking in stray cats and dogs. But when all five girls begged for horses, their father put his foot down. “Because he didn’t know if we would take care of them, he got us all motorcycles,” says Roberts, a state and local tax attorney with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Sacramento. It wasn’t until college, when Roberts took an equestrian course to fulfill her PE requirements, that she finally got to spend quality time with …
International Business Contracts
The American practice of drawing up detailed contracts has seeped into the global marketplace. However, there can be vast differences in how international contracts work. There are differences in enforcement, choice of laws, and dispute resolution. An international business lawyer can help your company understand how contract law works in global markets. Understanding international business contracts can help your business avoid costly disputes and reputational harm. For legal advice about …
Through the Fire
How Cyrus Rajabi’s firefighting and EMT training helped save his daughter’s lifeCyrus Rajabi was a young teenager when he found his mom at home, struggling to breathe and turning blue from a severe allergic reaction to an antibiotic. When South Metro firefighters arrived on the scene, they handed him her jewelry—“a brief but horrifying moment,” says Rajabi. “I remember wishing so hard I could do something, anything, to help, and not wanting to ever again feel powerless to help people, especially my loved ones.” The moment changed the course of his life. Inspired …
Theater Major
Joyce Gist Lewis uses her acting background to connect with juriesOn a shelf in Joyce Gist Lewis’ office, next to framed photos of her teenage children, stand two small action figures: Michelle Obama, one of Lewis’ heroes; and Darth Vader, one of cinema’s great villains, who—at the push of a button—intones one of his most famous lines: “Impressive. Most impressive. But you are not a Jedi yet.” A gift from her former partner George Shingler, it symbolizes a memorable courtroom win as well as a nod to the impact her words had on, of all people, …
The Proactive Side
How Deborah Daniels set new athlete-protection standards for USA GymnasticsIn late 2016, Deborah Daniels was attending a public event when the then-president of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny, approached her. On Sept. 12, The Indianapolis Star had published its explosive report chronicling the abuse allegations against national team doctor Larry Nassar, and more athletes were coming forward every day. Penny’s question for Daniels: Would she help the organization improve its practices? She had one condition: “I specifically did not want to get involved in the lawsuits …
The Duty to Be a Voice
Alfredo Estrada fights for those born into challenging situationsAs the son of a Mexican immigrant, Alfredo Estrada grew up with an awareness of those seeking asylum and better economic conditions in the U.S., but the topic never dominated dinner table conversation. “We really didn’t talk about it,” says Estrada, a partner at Burke Costanza & Carberry in Merrillville, where he co-chairs the firm’s immigration practice group. “When you live in it, you don’t know what you don’t know. My father was a good father and shielded us from his …
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