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Attorney Bio

Bruce D. McKee directs the firm's nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations practice, representing local, national, and international organizations, including charities, churches, and schools.

The main portion of his practice consists of serving in the role of outside general legal counsel to various exempt organizations, including day-to-day legal guidance to those organizations and their officers and directors, providing general operational advice, always bringing to bear the limitations imposed on exempt organizations under the Internal Revenue Code.  In addition, he assists those clients with the negotiation and drafting of contracts and leases, of employment and severance agreements, and of intellectual property agreements.  
pic The remainder of his practice consists of assisting clients with the creation of tax-exempt organizations.  This begins with initial advice regarding whether a tax-exempt organization is the desired vehicle for advancing the client's charitable purposes.  This is followed up by creating a nonprofit corporation at the state level.  Finally, this is completed by preparing and filing a Form 1023 application for recognition of exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service.  

Bruce is a 2001 graduate of the Law School at the University of Chicago and is admitted to the Illinois bar as well as the Georgia bar.  Prior to his move to Georgia, he practiced in the tax department at Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman in Chicago.  Since his practice is based in the federal tax-exemption law, he represents clients headquartered in various locations around the country, although he practices out of the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area.

Bruce resides in Canton, Georgia, with his wife, Marsel, and their two children. He enjoys spending time with his family, participating in his church (he has served as a deacon and as a Sunday School teacher), and tending his backyard vegetable garden. 


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