Biography

Wendy Hernandez is a corporate and tax associate in Farella Braun + Martel’s Exempt Organizations Group.

Wendy is a social-impact lawyer who enjoys helping charities and cause-driven businesses navigate corporate and tax laws to ensure they can maximize their social impacts. Her clients primarily include nonprofit organizations that seek her guidance to navigate corporate and tax laws at the state and federal level. Wendy also enjoys helping cannabis companies navigate complex tax issues that may hinder their business objectives.

Wendy’s experience with nonprofit clients includes advising at various stages of a client's lifecycle, including entity formation, corporate governance, acquiring state and federal tax exemption, compliance with the California Registry of Charitable Trusts, due diligence in grantmaking, property welfare exemption, corporate restructuring, and dissolution. Her experience with cannabis companies includes providing counsel for tax compliance and helping clients enter into favorable settlement agreements with the Internal Revenue Service, California Franchise Tax Board, and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

Wendy was a judicial extern for the Honorable Fernando M. Olguin of the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California. 

Wendy enjoys writing competitively and publishing thought scholarship in renown academic journals. She published twice while at Hastings and twice while at Berkeley, winning a 1st place writing award while at each institution.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Executive Committee Member, Barristers Tax Section, Bar Association of San Francisco
  • Board of Directors, East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association

Firm Highlights

Publication

I Always Feel Like AI Is Watching Me: Artificial Intelligence and Privacy

ChatGPT got the early press, and every day we learn of new generative artificial intelligence products that can create new and creative visual and text responses to human input. Following on ChatGPT’s fame, Google’s...

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State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations Go Into Effect April 1, 2023

The State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has been actively pursuing comprehensive new wildfire protection standards for development in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and State Responsibility Areas where the State of...

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The Fine Print: A Litigator’s Perspective on Boilerplate Contract and Insurance Provisions

Join Carly Alameda and Amy Briggs in the discussion on "The Fine Print: A Litigator’s Perspective on Boilerplate Contract and Insurance Provisions" to the ACC Bay Area Chapter. Corporate counsel are often tasked with negotiating...

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Profile in Women Leadership - Mary McCutcheon

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WhatsApp and Facebook Take the NSO Group to Court

Kyle McLorg was interviewed for the  Shoot The Messenger: Espionage, Murder, & Pegasus Spyware  investigative podcast episode “WhatsApp and Facebook Take the NSO Group to Court” produced by Exile Media in collaboration with The...

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Nonprofit Basics: Conflict of Interest Policies and Best Practices for Approving Insider Compensation

Welcome to  EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource . This episode is the second in a series discussing insider transactions. In episode 32, I gave a general overview of the federal laws...

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Farella Advises TILT Holdings Inc. on $86.7 Million Debt Refinancing

Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel advised TILT Holdings Inc. , a global provider of cannabis business solutions that include inhalation technologies, cultivation, manufacturing, processing, brand development, and retail, on a series of...

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Insurance 101 for Non-Insurance Attorneys

Jennifer Bentley and Patrick Loi are speakers at the Bar Association of San Francisco's MCLE program "Insurance 101 for Non-Insurance Attorneys." Session Overview: A primer for non-insurance lawyers on common insurance terminology, insurance products, exclusions, and pitfalls. Topics...

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Nonprofit Basics: Best Practices for Approving Insider Compensation Decisions

Welcome to  EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource . This episode is the third in a series discussing insider transactions by exempt organizations. In this episode, I'll look closely at best practices...

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Event

The Fine Print: A Litigator’s Perspective on Boilerplate Contract and Insurance Provisions

Join Carly Alameda and Amy Briggs in the discussion on "The Fine Print: A Litigator’s Perspective on Boilerplate Contract and Insurance Provisions" to the ACC Bay Area Chapter. Corporate counsel are often tasked with negotiating...

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