Wagenmaker & Oberly, LLC

12/23/2020

Wagenmaker & Oberly is thrilled to announce that senior associate attorney Jonathan Hwang has been promoted to a partner of Wagenmaker & Oberly as of January 1, 2021, joining Sally Wagenmaker, Ryan Oberly, and Paul Winters. Jonathan came to W&O’s Chicago office in March 2017, after working for four and a half years at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (Chicago) and graduating from Notre Dame Law School and Princeton University. In 2018, Jonathan and his family relocated to the firm’s office in Charleston, SC.

Focusing on W&O’s corporate, international, and technology and data privacy practice groups, Jonathan serves our law firm’s clients with excellence, passion, and dedication. In addition to serving our clients with excellence, Jonathan has a passion for advancing legal project management through technology and continuous improvement. He has been instrumental in building and implementing enhanced project management and workflow systems as our law firm continues to grow.

We are incredibly thankful for Jonathan and our entire legal team, as we continue to live out W&O’s values of trustworthiness, transparency, respectfulness, and engagement. For more information about our law firm’s values, see https://wagenmakerlaw.com/attorneys. It is a tremendous gift, joy, and privilege to serve our clients and their missions to improve the world in measurable and significant ways, through their amazing nonprofit organizations and inspiring leadership. Wishing everyone all the best for 2021!

Sally Wagenmaker, Ryan Oberly, Paul Winters, and Ellen Duke service as attorneys to local and global nonprofit and tax exempt organizations.

08/26/2020

We're excited for Ryan to be racing with Team World Vision in the upcoming modified Hood to Coast race! See the article below for more information:

DI attorney Ryan Oberly races for clean water Wed, 08/26/2020 - 8:09am admin By: Elizabeth Horton After participating in a relay race to benefit charity, local attorney Ryan Oberly had a life-changing, “aha moment”— one that helped him internalize that there’s great joy in serving those in ...

08/24/2020

Had a great time celebrating Elisa and baby Anchan on Friday! Looking forward to meeting the newest member of the W&O family.

07/22/2019

Our Chicago office enjoyed a boat ride along the coast of Lake Michigan, courtesy of Sally Wagenmaker and her husband Dan! Grateful to have our new paralegal Vance and legal intern Seth join us for the outing.

10/30/2018

Our very own Sally Wagenmaker will be presenting on the Form 1023 Application for tax exempt status with Strafford in November. Register here:

This webinar will provide tax advisers and nonprofit personnel with a practical guide to the challenges of completing Form 1023, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3). The panel will identify the most vexing compliance challenges, outline both financial and narrative requi...

07/09/2018

Our partners regularly teach nonprofit law courses at local universities as part of our effort to strengthen the nonprofit sector. Here's a short interview with Northwestern University School of Professional Studies on our very own Paul Winters about his journey into the nonprofit world and the class he teaches:

https://sps.northwestern.edu/stories/news-stories/philanthropy-and-nonprofits-paul-winters.php

05/08/2018

Sally was recently invited by Chicago-Kent College of Law to participate on a Religion and Law Panel, featuring attorneys from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths to discuss their experiences of living out their faith in the legal world. Thank you Chicago-Kent College of Law for hosting such a wonderful event!

Three Chicago-Kent student organizations hosted the "Religion in the Law" panel on April 24, inviting attorneys from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths to discuss their experiences and challenges living out their faith in the legal world. Decalogue invited Helen Bloch '98, The Christian Legal Soc...

04/12/2018

How can and create safe cultures and combat sexual harassment? Today our own Sally Wagenmaker and will speak at the webinar on and . Register here: https://t.co/5NoM6N8gg2

Helping Christ-centered organizations earn public's trust through developing, maintaining accountability standards and God-honoring ethical practices

03/23/2018

This week our firm celebrated its fifth anniversary! Thank you to all of our clients and friends along this wonderful journey. Cheers!

01/12/2018

This month one of our attorneys, Jonathan Hwang, was published in the January/February edition of the highly reputed Taxation of Exempts Journal. His article is titled "Gifts from Afar - The Deductibility of Charitable Contributions to U.S. Organizations From Foreign Donors." Congratulations Jonathan!

12/05/2017

Congrats to our firm's paralegal, Darren Yau, for his accomplishment in winning First Prize in The Elie Wiesel Foundation Ethics Essay Contest 2017.

Check out his essay entitled "Truthfulness and Tragedy: Notes from an Immigrant's Son" here:http://eliewieselfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Truthfulness-and-Tragedy-3.0-Formatting.pdf

Way to go, Darren!

10/30/2017

This past weekend, some of our firm members attended the annual Christian Legal Society Conference. Packed with four days of thoughtful workshops, plentiful fellowships, and beautiful California weather, we certainly all had a great time!