Rosemary E. Fei
Principal
Rosemary Fei's practice at Adler & Colvin spans the full range of nonprofit and tax-exempt organization legal issues, with emphasis on legislative lobbying and advocacy issues, candidate-related political activities, nonprofit corporate governance (including membership issues), and religious entities.
Eric K. Gorovitz
Principal
Eric Gorovitz is a principal at Adler & Colvin. He has extensive experience in lobbying, legislative drafting, policy development, and media advocacy, and has helped nonprofits and foundations nationwide understand the federal tax rules governing their advocacy activities. Mr. Gorovitz has represented clients regarding nonprofit and foundation formation and governance, compliance with federal tax law, public policy advocacy, and the intersection of tax and election law. Drawing on his background in public health, he has cultivated a client base that includes many public health advocacy organizations and the foundations that fund them. Representative clients include, among many others: all of the California Planned Parenthood entities; the California Endowment; the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Mr. Gorovitz is admitted to the bar in the state of California and has a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Between a brief period as a consumer attorney and his return to practicing law in 2007, Mr. Gorovitz spent approximately twelve years as an advocate for policy change in public health, engaging directly in legislative and regulatory policy development as Policy Director for several local, state, and national nonprofit advocacy organizations. He then opened the West Coast Office of Alliance for Justice, serving as the West Coast Director for three years.
Erik D. Dryburgh
Senior Counsel
Erik Dryburgh specializes in charitable gift planning, endowments, and nonprofit organizations. Mr. Dryburgh has a business degree from the University of Wisconsin and his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley Law School. Prior to Adler & Colvin, he worked at Arthur Andersen, McCutcheon Doyle, Trucker Moershbaecher, and Moerschbaecher Dryburgh. Mr. Dryburgh is a past member of the board of directors of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners, the San Francisco Estate Planning Council, and the Northern California Planned Giving Council. He is a recipient of the 2005 Phil Hoffmire Service Award from the Northern California Planned Giving Council and a past chair of the Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Shirley J. McLaughlin
Principal
Shirley J. McLaughlin is a principal at Adler & Colvin, a law firm specializing in the law of nonprofit organizations. She specializes in working with community foundations, private foundations, and family offices on the issues they face, including grant-making and social investing, social enterprise, nonprofits structures, relationships and affiliates, fundraising and endowment management, and corporate governance. Prior to joining Adler & Colvin, Ms. McLaughlin was the Director of Grants Administration for San Francisco Foundation. She also worked for Silicon Valley Community Foundation for 10 years in grants administration, donor engagement, and early childhood and family program roles. Ms. McLaughlin received her law degree from University of San Francisco in 2013 and an undergraduate degree from Mills College in 2006.
Matthew A. Clausen
Principal
Matthew Clausen's practice focuses on federal and state tax law, corporate governance, and trust law matters that arise for tax-exempt organizations and their donors. He advises exempt organizations, including community foundations, donor-advised fund providers, private foundations, and supporting organizations, as well as the individual and corporate donors that support them.
David A. Levitt
Principal
David Levitt's practice focuses on the representation of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, with an emphasis on program-related investments, social enterprise, political advocacy, and nonprofit corporate governance. Mr. Levitt received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1996, and was the technical editor of The Environmental Law Journal. He received his BA, with distinction, from Cornell University in 1993, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Before joining Adler & Colvin, Mr. Levitt practiced as a corporate attorney, focusing in the areas of corporate and transactional law. Mr. Levitt speaks regularly on nonprofit and tax exemption legal matters. He also served as an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, teaching a nonprofit legal issues course in the College of Professional Studies.
