Background
McGovern, Julie S. was born on September 5, 1969 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
McGovern, Julie S. was born on September 5, 1969 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1991). University of Pennsylvania (Juris Doctor, 1996).
Worked at Reno & Cavanaugh (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Affordable Housing and Real Estate Transactions, Public Housing, Community Development, Legislation, Administrative Law, and Special Litigation. Nonprofit Organizations, Captive Insurance and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1996, Pennsylvania (Not admitted District of Columbia).
Editor, Journal of International Business Law, 1994-1996.
Member, Managing Committee, HybridThe University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Social Change, 1993-1996. Author and Presenter, "Peer Group Lending: Using Community Norms to Achieve Minimal Default Rate on Loans to the Poor," Annual Law and Society Association, 1995.
Education and Grants Specialist, Charleston Area Medical Center, 1991-1993. Reno & Cavanaugh was formed in 1977 with the goal to provide quality legal services to nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the housing conditions of low-income people throughout the country.
Since then, the firm"s practice has expanded to provide a broad range of legal and legislative advocacy services to nonprofit organizations, public agencies, consultants and small businesses.
While the firm"s practice focuses on the development of affordable and public housing and related issues, its general counseling of nonprofit organizations and small businesses involves it in a much broader range of legal issues including corporate formation and governance, government contracts and procurement, federal income tax exemptions and low-income housing tax credits, alternative insurance mechanisms (captive insurance entities and risk retention groups), administrative and legislative lobbying, and employment matters. The six-lawyer firm represents clients who are located throughout the United States and abroad.
Member, Managing Committee, HybridThe University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Social Change, 1993-1996. Author and Presenter, "Peer Group Lending: Using Community Norms to Achieve Minimal Default Rate on Loans to the Poor," Annual Law and Society Association, 1995. Education and Grants Specialist, Charleston Area Medical Center, 1991-1993.