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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,671,069
Total expenses
$10,225,706
Contributions and grants received
$7,037,426
Grants paid
$73,437
Program service revenue
$2,174,362
Investment income
$294,605
Other revenue
$164,676
Total assets, end of year
$10,011,176
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,874,767
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,136,409
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $2,254,776

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,782,650

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEETINGS AND CLE

    total $1,335,633 · related or exempt $1,335,633

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $709,238 · related or exempt $637,005 · unrelated business $72,233

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EXHIBITOR REVENUE

    total $129,491 · related or exempt $129,491

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $195,513 · excluded $195,513

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $138,138 · excluded $138,138

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,051,511

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $952,419

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $99,092

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $99,092 · excluded $99,092

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $312,570

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $287,757

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $24,813 · related or exempt $24,813

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,725 · related or exempt $1,725

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,725

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $73,437

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $584,501

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,829,818

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $281,271

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $391,588

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $326,078

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,589

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $392,551

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $62,318

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $42,106

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,211,004

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $78,173

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $173,313

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $325,215

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $114,781

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,243,540

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,950

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,258

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $10,066

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $9,459

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,690

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $406,744 · end of year $400,836

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,207,675 · end of year $190,619

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $540,043 · end of year $260,793

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $164,918 · end of year $57,729

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $11,669 · end of year $13,288

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $286,690 · end of year $334,856

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,473,338

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $754,950

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $318,060 · end of year $718,388

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,273,331 · end of year $5,745,928

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $696,800 · end of year $2,288,739

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,183,440 · end of year $1,223,283

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,341,310 · end of year $2,109,318

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $865,733 · end of year $2,542,166

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,204,709 · end of year $3,976,526

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $310,738 · end of year $159,883

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SERVE AS A LEADER, ALONGSIDE DIVERSE COALITIONS, IN IDENTIFYING AND REFORMING FLAWS AND INEQUITIES IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, AND REDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND ENSURING THAT ITS MEMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE BAR ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO SERVE ALL ACCUSED PERSONS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.

  • NACDL, "LIBERTY'S LAST CHAMPION," IS ADVANCING DUE PROCESS AND PURSUING A RATIONAL AND HUMANE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE AGENDA: FORENSICS REFORM, DEATH PENALTY REPEAL, DISCOVERY REFORM, DRUG LAW REFORM; EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION REFORM, PUBLIC DEFENSE, JUVENILE JUSTICE, NATIONAL SECURITY, POST-CONVICTION RIGHTS RESTORATION, PROBLEM-SOLVING COURTS, RECORDING INTERROGATIONS, SENTENCING REFORM, PROTECTION OF PRIVACY RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE, CLEMENCY AND EARLY RELEASE ADVOCACY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND REPORTING AS WELL AS ADVOCACY AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. NACDL ALSO OFFERS A RESOURCE CENTER TO PROVIDE PRACTICE SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO TRAINING TO THE MANY SMALL AND SOLO PRACTITIONERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  • NACDL'S CLE INSTITUTE OFFERS CUTTING EDGE CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION (CLE) PROGRAMMING BOTH IN LIVE FORMAT AS WELL AS A WIDE VARIETY OF CONTENT DELIVERY METHODS FOR ACQUIRING SELF-STUDY CLE. UNLIKE ANY OTHER CLE PROVIDERS FOCUSED ON CRIMINAL DEFENSE, NACDL GARNERS ITS QUALITY ADVANTAGE AS A RESULT OF ITS ABILITY TO ATTRACT NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED FACULTIES CONSISTING OF THE NATION'S GREATEST LEGAL MINDS, HIGH-PROFILE FIGURES, AND EXPERTS IN A VARIETY OF SPECIALIZATIONS. THESE FACULTIES TRANSLATE INTO THE PRODUCTION OF PREMIERE CLE PROGRAMMING WHICH ADDRESSES THE MOST CURRENT AND RELEVANT ISSUES IN THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY.

  • "THE CHAMPION MAGAZINE" OFFERS TIMELY, INFORMATIVE ARTICLES WRITTEN FOR THE DEFENSE BAR AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AUTHORED BY CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE FIELD. THE ARTICLES ADDRESS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ALL AREAS RELATED TO THE NATION'S CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM ON THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, INCLUDING MYRIAD CUTTING-EDGE ISSUES RELATED TO PRACTICE AND POLICY IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL PROCESS. THE PUBLICATION SEEKS TO ELEVATE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE BAR AND PROMOTE SYSTEMIC REFORMS THAT ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING PROTECTION OF FIRST, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, EIGHTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, PROMOTING A FAIR, RATIONAL, AND HUMANE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, AND REDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael P Heiskell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher A Wellborn

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew S Birrell

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Melissa Owen

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Ross Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nellie L King

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Huda Ajlani Macri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel N Arshack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Au

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Bobrow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan M Brayman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seth P Chazin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angelica Cogliano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric J Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramon De La Cabada

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James E Felman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Foote

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Deborde Hochglaube

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa A Mathewson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janeanne Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Tang Newberger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catharine O'Daniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • H Eugene Oliver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonya Pfeiffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lonnie M Randolph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gabriel Reyes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin N Rosas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Addy R Schmitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Small

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brady Skinner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Stilling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Thedford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce L Udolf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian M Wallach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diego Weiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard D Willstatter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy E Zerillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawrence J Zimmerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Clark Palmer

    AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jude Michael Faccidomo

    AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vikram Kapil

    AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Lthompson

    AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nina Ginsberg

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oscar Goodman

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin Pinales

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin Sabelli

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neal Sonnett

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Orr

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Ackerman

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Jones

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Willis

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hall

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Lavine

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Drew Findling

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Hollander

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Bergman

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Ellis

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Pozner

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irwin Schwartz

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Pollack

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy Clarke

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Cox

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Weiner

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theodore Simon

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Adams

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawrence Goldman

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • E Morris

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Lyons

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerald Goldstein

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerald Lefcourt

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ephraim Margolin

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Benjamin

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Scheck

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Mallett

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Russell

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carmen Hernandez

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hingson

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Wayne

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $318,018
    From this org
    $291,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,228
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 2.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $291,534
    Bonus
    $256
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,978
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,250
    Filer's total
    $318,018
  • Kyle O'Dowd

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $226,061
    From this org
    $181,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,493
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 2.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,314
    Bonus
    $254
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,076
    Filer's total
    $226,061
  • Gerald Lippert

    ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $182,669
    From this org
    $151,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,909
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,989
    Bonus
    $7,771
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,432
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,477
    Filer's total
    $182,669
  • Steven Logan

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $149,786
    From this org
    $132,724
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,062
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 1 related
  • Julie Ciccolini

    DIRECTOR OF LAW ENFORCEMEN

    Total calculated
    $148,542
    From this org
    $131,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,522
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 1 related
  • Elizabeth Blackwood

    COUNSEL AND PROJECT DIR

    Total calculated
    $160,348
    From this org
    $127,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,828
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,249
    Bonus
    $3,271
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,878
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,950
    Filer's total
    $160,348
  • Michael Price

    LITIGATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $145,141
    From this org
    $128,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,679
    Hours/week
    37.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 June 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441779349301114

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