Background
Runquist, Lisa A. was born on September 22, 1952 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Ralf E. and Violet Runquist.
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Lisa A. Runquist
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Hamline University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). University of Minnesota (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Career
Worked at Runquist & Associates (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Nonprofit Organizations, also as it relates to Health Care Law, Corporate Law and Securities. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Minnesota. 1978, California; 1985, United States.
District Court, Central District of California. Author: "The Night The Sky Fell: Directors of Nonprofits Continue at Risk," Business Law News, Volume 16, No. 2, Spring, 1994; "A Job Description For Directors," American Bar Association-Business Law Today, Volume 4, No.
2, November-December, 1994. "Responsibilities and Duties of a Nonprofit Organization, Charitable Giving and Solicitation," Updated 1991, MacMillan, Inc. Section 3, 1985; "The Government's Role in the Purification of Religious Organizations," 7 Pepperdine Law Review 355, 1980.
Member, Advisory Board, Exempt Organizations Tax Review. Member, Advisory Board, California State University, Los Angeles, Continuing Education Accounting and Taxation Programs. Member, Editorial Board, Business Law Today.
Member: Minnesota State and American (Member, Council of the Business Law Section, 1995. Chair, Nonprofit Corporations Committee, of the Business Law Section, 1991-1995) Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Chair, Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the Business Law Section, 1989-1991).
Christian Legal Society. Good communication and client relations are the heart of this "family like" firm. We represent a diverse clientele, ranging from individuals, small nonprofits and start-up business ventures, to major public benefit and religious corporations.
Our goal is to provide the highest-quality legal representation possible to our clients. Our success is to provide it promptly and economically, while treating our clients as part of the family.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Bar Association (business law section county since 1995, commission on nonprofit corporations since 1986, chair 1991-1995, subcommittee current developers in nonprofit corporation law since 1989, chair 1989-1991, 96-, subcommittee relations organizations since 1989, chair 1987-1991, 95-, subcommittee legal guidebook for directors since 1986, ad hoc commission on information technical, 1997, chair 1997-1998, co-chair, since 1998, section liaison to American Bar Association technical county since 1997, subcommittee model nonprofit corporation act, partnerships and unincorp. business organizations committee since 1987, state regulation of securities committee since 1988, tax law section exempt organizations committee since 1987, subcommittee religious organizations since 1989, co-chair 1995-1997, subcommittee non (c) (3) organizations since 1997, co-chair since 1997), California Bar Association (business law section, nonprofit and unincorp. organizations committee 1985-1992, 93-96, 97-, chair 1989-1991), Christian Legal Society, Center Law and Religious Freedom, Christian Management Association (director) 1983-1989).
