Taft Cincinnati partner Megan Okun will be the featured speaker at the Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio’s Annual Professionalism CLE. The event will be hosted by Taft on Nov. 12 and include a panel of experienced professionals, including Taft’s Mike Moeddel. The program, “The Attorney’s Guide to Nonprofit Board Service: Practical & Ethical Considerations for Lawyers Serving on Nonprofit Boards,” will highlight how to navigate due diligence, conflicts of interest, professional responsibility, liability considerations, and other matters. Okun will explore the questions attorneys should ask before joining a board and the responsibilities that come with the role.

Okun focuses her practice on counseling nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and on estate planning for high net-worth families. Given her knowledge of and experience with tax law, Okun helps nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations of all shapes and sizes navigate all tax and governance aspects of their organizations and operations. Okun has extensive experience counseling large tax-exempt organizations, including colleges and universities, health systems, and company and family foundations, regarding governance, structuring, and compliance matters. Further, she guides them through the nuances of joint ventures, fundraising, endowment fund strategies, charitable and planned giving program criteria, commercial coventures, and working with donors.