FLORHAM PARK — Farah N. Ansari, Co-Chair of the Nonprofit Practice Group and a Tax Planning Practice Group member at Schenck, Price, Smith & King LLP, was recently ranked Band 2 in Tax Law in Chambers USA 2024.
Ansari acts as outside legal counsel to nonprofit organizations. She has extensive expertise working with charities, foundations, schools, hospitals, religious institutions, and other tax-exempt organizations in New York and New Jersey. Counseling on establishing private foundations and public charities, governance, contract negotiation, and tax exemption compliance are integral parts of Farah’s profession.
Farah is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and the American Bar Foundation. She currently chairs the Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and has previously served as Chair of the Taxation Section. She is also a Community Foundation of New Jersey’s Legal, Wealth & Tax Advisory Committee member.
In addition, Farah is a member of the New York City Bar’s Non-Profit Organizations Committee and the Government Relations Council of Nonprofit New York. She serves on the boards of the Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS) and Women@NJPAC and is a member of the TEGE Exempt Organizations Council. Farah frequently speaks on topics related to nonprofits and taxes.
Schenck Price Managing Partner John E. Ursin, Esq., congratulated Farah on this top honor. “This is impressive recognition but very well deserved. Farah is known to her colleagues as knowledgeable and dedicated to the firm’s nonprofit clients. We are proud of our prominence in providing legal services to nonprofit organizations and supporting their good work in our community.”
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ABOUT FARAH N. ANSARI:
Farah N. Ansari is a partner at Schenck Price, where she is Co-Chair of the Nonprofit Practice Group and a Tax Planning Practice Group member. Farah acts as outside counsel to nonprofits and has significant experience counseling nonprofit organizations, including charities, foundations, educational institutions, arts organizations, religious organizations, hospitals, and other tax-exempt entities in New York and New Jersey. Her practice includes advising on forming public charities and private foundations, including those with foreign operations, and assisting with transactions, contract negotiations, and tax exemption compliance.
Farah is a Schenck Price’s Management Committee member and chairs the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
ABOUT SCHENCK, PRICE, SMITH & KING:
Schenck, Price, Smith & King is a full-service law firm with offices in Northern New Jersey and Manhattan, serving closely held, growing companies. For 112 years, Schenck Price has represented commercial businesses, individuals, public institutions, and charitable organizations with excellence and integrity. The firm’s long history of legal excellence spans areas including health care, education, construction, trust and estate planning, corporate law, real estate, insurance defense, banking, and commercial litigation. The firm’s practices include telecommunications, technology, environmental law, corporate governance, labor and employment law, and family law. Many of Schenck Price’s attorneys are recognized leaders in their respective fields.
