Diara M. Holmes - Lawyer in Washington, DC

Diara M. Holmes serves as co-chair of the firm's Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice. She counsels tax-exempt organizations, including large public charities, colleges, universities and other higher education organizations, foreign charities and their U.S. affiliates, associations, government instrumentalities, social welfare organizations, and religious organizations on a broad range of tax compliance and governance issues.

She advises nonprofit and for-profit organizations on structuring a variety of transactions?including joint ventures, corporate sponsorships, merchandising, cause-related marketing, and other revenue generating strategies. In addition, she works with high net worth individuals and families to establish family foundations and donor-advised funds.

Diara has represented numerous organizations before the IRS?navigating complex audits involving an array of issues (e.g., executive compensation, unrelated business tax, and political campaign intervention), seeking private letter rulings regarding proposed transactions, requesting determination letters regarding public charity classification, applying for exempt status, and seeking reinstatement of exempt status following auto-revocation.