Legal Services

For Nonprofits, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and small businesses

Winalski Consulting LLC can help your organization with contract legal services for a specific task, or serve as outside general counsel.

Dawn Winalski has experience as in-house general counsel and as outside counsel for a variety of organizations. She has worked with a large municipality, Tribes and Tribal organizations in Alaska and the Lower 48, and several nonprofit organizations. She has also helped set-up small businesses. She is licensed to practice law in Oregon and Alaska.

Legal Services

Winalski Consulting LLC can assist your organization in a variety of tasks including:

• Nonprofit law
  • Review and update governance documents
  • Nonprofit formation and dissolution
  • Board roles and responsibilities
  • Internal policies and procedures
• Organizational operations
  • Policy drafting
  • Contract drafting
  • Contract review
  • Human Resources and Employee Handbooks
• Advocacy on specific issues related to your mission
• Indian law, including
  • Federal Indian law
  • Tribal law and Code review
  • Self-governance and self-determination (ISDEAA, NAHASDA/Tribal housing)
  • ANCSA and Alaska Native law
  • Health care
  • Contracting
  • Subsistence hunting
  • Cultural resources
• Environmental law
  • Energy
  • Water law
  • Wildlife (Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act)
  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
  • Clean Water Act
• Administrative law
• Small business support

Typically we’ll provide a 15-minute free consultation and any time beyond that would be billed at our general rate based on the type of project. Projects may be considered at an hourly rate, flat rate or monthly subscription plans, with sliding scale options based on the organization’s budget.