Anthony D. Dougherty leads the Not-for-Profit and Education Practice Group at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP. He has practiced law since 1990 with a particular focus in the areas of education, labor and not-for-profit law, including laws pertaining to religious and charitable institutions.
Mr. Dougherty serves as general counsel to Iona College, the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Eastern Economic Association, an association of economists headquartered in New Rochelle, New York. His clients include several religious orders and not-for-profit foundations as well as private preparatory and post-secondary institutions. He also serves as panel defense counsel for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.
Mr. Dougherty has successfully represented his clients before state and federal agencies such as the New York State Division of Human Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. He continually advises his clients on compliance with federal, state and local employment laws as well as the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code for qualification for tax-exempt status. He obtained a dismissal on a motion for summary judgment of a race association discrimination claim on behalf of a college. He also created a publication on mergers, consolidations and restructuring of religious congregations and gave a presentation at the Legal Resource Center for Religious 2005 legal seminar in Atlanta, Georgia, which was attended by superiors and treasurers of religious institutes, attorneys and other professionals serving religious communities.
Mr. Dougherty is a member of the New York State and New York City Bar Associations and a member of the Labor and Employment Law section of the State Bar Association. He is also a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and serves on the boards of directors for the Christian Brothers Foundation and St. Joseph Residence, Inc.
Prior to joining TKD, Mr. Dougherty was a member of the New York City-based firm, Davidoff & Malito, and gained significant experience in representing not-for-profit, educational and religious institutions under John J. Duffy, Esq.
Phone: 212.216.8099
Fax: 212.216.8001
Email: adougherty@tarterkrinsky.com
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