Gene Takagi

Biography

Gene Takagi is a principal attorney with NEO Law Group, contributing editor of the Nonprofit Law Blog, and a part-time lecturer at Columbia University. At NEO, Gene has represented over 800 nonprofit organizations on corporate, tax-exemption, and charitable trust law matters.

A former manager in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, Gene’s diverse perspectives make him a popular speaker and writer on nonprofit legal topics. In 2016, Gene was recognized by the American Bar Association Nonprofit Organizations Committee as Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer. Currently, he is a board member of BoardSource and The Nonprofit Quarterly. Gene is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and holds a graduate degree in nonprofit administration from USF.