Ms. Connerton provides counseling to charities, trade associations, professional societies, hospital systems, private schools, community colleges and other types of nonprofit organizations. As a result of her extensive experience in representing nonprofit/public organizations, she has confronted enumerable issues faced by these organizations, including formation and organization, corporate governance and contracts, joint ventures, affiliations and mergers, political activity and federal election campaign law and federal and state grants and contracts, unrelated business income tax issues, and federal tax controversies. Mrs. Connerton has expertise in retirement and executive compensation plans for nonprofits and governmental entities.