Cynthia R. Rowland

Cynthia Rowland is a business and tax lawyer who helps philanthropists, including private individuals as well as for-profit and non-profit organizations that wish to make the world a better place. As a business attorney and strategist, she helps her clients achieve personal, family, business, charitable, philanthropic, and community objectives. Ms. Rowland’s expertise in this regard is broad, and includes entity formation, business transactions and grant agreements, regulatory compliance matters, partnerships & joint ventures, and mergers & dissolutions. She is well-attuned to the legal needs of philanthropic families, all forms of nonprofit organizations, and business enterprises with a corporate social responsibility directive.

Educational & Employment History • Partner, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP (1995-2013) • Associate, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Robertson & Falk (1988-1995) • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D. (formerly UC Hastings) (1988) • University of Notre Dame, BBA, Finance (1983)

Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Best Lawyers in America, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Tax Law (2021-2023) • Northern California Super Lawyers, Nonprofit Organizations (2014-2023) • The Legal 500 United States, Recommended - Not-for-Profit (2016-2021) • 2015 San Francisco Lawyer of the Year - Non-Profit/Charities Law • 2011 Outstanding Attorney of the Year Award, American Bar Association's Business Law Section Nonprofit Organizations Committee • Member, Advisory Committee, Walt Disney Family Museum • Former Chair, Committee on Nonprofit Corporations, American Bar Association's Business Law Section (2005-2008)