Professional Biography

Richard L. Sevcik Partner

Firmwide Chair, Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice

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  • 12.06.2023
    Treasury Releases First Installment of Long-Awaited Guidance on Donor-Advised Funds
    Updates
    Over the past several years, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has been preparing guidance concerning donor-advised funds, which are accounts owned and controlled by public charities over which individual or corporate donors may exercise advisory privileges. In November, Treasury finally released the first of four pieces of guidance that it has told practitioners to expect.
  • 06.29.2015
    NJ Court’s Ominous Property Tax Exemption Warning to Hospitals
    Updates
    The Tax Court of New Jersey decided AHS Hospital Corp. v. Town of Morristown, a case of first impression with potentially serious consequences for nonprofit hospitals seeking to qualify under N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.6, a statutory property tax exemption applicable to “[a]ll buildings actually used for . . . hospital purposes.” 
  • 09.2011
    Nonprofit Governance and Management
    Lawyer Publications

    Third Edition, American Bar Association Business Law

  • 01.31.2023
    Nonprofit Year in Review
    Speaking Engagements
    ACC National Capital Region / Washington, D.C. / Hybrid
  • 05.06.2020
    Private Foundations and Donor Advised Funds
    Speaking Engagements
    DuPage Estate Planning Council / Webinar
  • 01.25.2020
    Strengthening Your Professional Skills
    Speaking Engagements
    Illinois State Bar Association Leadership Academy / Chicago, IL
  • 09.18.2019
    Private Foundations and Donor Advised Funds
    Speaking Engagements
    Financial Planning Association of Illinois / Chicago, IL
  • 05.16.2019
    Private Foundations and Donor Advised Funds
    Speaking Engagements
    Fidelity Charitable / Webinar
  • 06.08.2017
    Managing Restricted Funds and Managing an Endowment
    Speaking Engagements
    Chicago-Kent College of Law Annual Conference on Not-for-Profit Organizations / Chicago, IL
  • 03.22.2017, 05.18.2017
    The Multi-Faceted Role of Corporate Philanthropy – Keeping Your Company Out of Trouble While Trying to Do Good
    Speaking Engagements
    Association of Corporate Counsel / Chicago, IL and Elkhart Lake, WI
  • 02.09.2017
    Classification Issues for Exempt Organizations
    Speaking Engagements
    Chicago Bar Association, Exempt Organizations Division / Chicago, IL
  • 01.20.2017
    State of Play: Supporting Organizations
    Speaking Engagements
    American Bar Association Section of Taxation / Orlando, FL
  • 11.29.2016
    Charitable Trends and Strategies for High Net Worth Clients
    Speaking Engagements
    Fidelity Charitable Advisory
    Panel Discussion / Chicago, IL
  • 10.08.2015 - 10.09.2015
    Restrictions on Lobbying and Political Actives by Exempt Organizations
    Speaking Engagements
    Tax Issues for Healthcare Organizations/ American Health Lawyers Association Annual Tax Conference / Washington, D.C.
  • 09.16.2015
    Not So Fast: Exempt Organization Changes and Your State Attorney General
    Speaking Engagements
    American Bar Association Section of Taxation / Chicago, IL
  • 10.20.2014
    Alternative Investments - Seeing the Forest Through The Trees
    Speaking Engagements
    Tax Issues for Healthcare Organizations/American Health Lawyers Association Conference / Washington, D.C.
  • 05.02.2014
    Classification Issues for Exempt Organizations
    Speaking Engagements
    Great Lakes Area TE/GE Council
  • 02.17.2014
    Lessons to be Learned From The Colleges and Universities Compliance Project
    Speaking Engagements
    National Conference on Law Higher Education - Stetson University College of Law

RELATED INFORMATION

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

  • The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1985
  • The University of Iowa, B.A., Political Science and Economics with highest distinction, 1982