Danika Mendrygal is counsel in the Private Client Group. Her areas of practice include exempt/charitable organizations law and federal estate and gift tax and trust and estate matters.

Danika's practice focuses on:

Assisting clients with the establishment of tax-exempt organizations, including public charities, private foundations, supporting organizations, charitable trusts, employer-sponsored scholarship and emergency/disaster relief funds, business leagues, social welfare organizations, performing arts and cultural groups, churches and religious organizations, amateur athletic organizations, and international aid organizations.
Providing guidance regarding the operation, management, and taxation of tax-exempt organizations, including issues regarding unrelated business taxable income (UBTI), grant-making and distributions, internal governance, conflicts of interest, investment limitations, self dealing, prohibited transactions and intermediate sanctions, international activities, and reorganization/merger.
Assisting high net worth clients with the formation of private and family foundations and donor advised funds, with a particular focus on long-term charitable goals and intra-family governance issues.
Family wealth planning, including the use of strategies to minimize estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Drafting sophisticated tax and estate plans, including traditional bypass trust and marital deduction planning, gift tax planning, life insurance trusts, generation-skipping transfer tax planning, charitable planning, and various other techniques.
Administering trusts and estates of decedents.