Our Work

The attorneys at the Law Office of Guy Vilim, LLC, collectively have decades of experience supporting publicly funded Pennsylvania nonprofits, across their operational landscape. Below are some of the most common areas of support:

Regulatory and Licensing Compliance

Counseling clients on the statutory and regulatory mandates governing their license, program operations, and funding requirements. Providing up-to-date compliance training.
Representing clients in Bureau of Hearings and Appeals matters, DHS/funder chargebacks and audits, and indicated child abuse reports. Representation in the trial and appellate courts as needed
Advocating for clients to ensure programs are funded in compliance with the Pennsylvania Medicaid Plan and the Medicaid Law. Appealing funding determinations that result in program shortfalls or compromise the providers ability to provide medically necessary services.

Employment Claim Defense and HR Support

Labor Compliance: Ensure that employment policies, procedures and handbooks are compliant with federal, state and local labor laws, and include conduct and disclosure requirements necessary to maintain compliance with federal and state nonprofit laws, Pennsylvania medical assistance mandates and federal Medicaid mandates.
Support HR personnel on disciplinary action to minimize risk of employment claims, conduct employee investigations, draft/review PIPs and other employee retention efforts, provide legal opinions on complex HR issues, work collaboratively with the HR team to empower them within the organization.
Defense: Effectively defend clients from meritless employment claims, advocate for client’s long-term interests with their EPLI claims representative to reduce costs associated with copycat claims. Effectively liaise between client and Insurer to ensure client's long-term interests are considered and litigation costs are contained.
Training: Management and employee training to maintain compliance with the ever-evolving labor law landscape, empower first-line supervisory personnel to support desired disciplinary action and performance improvement outcomes.

Nonprofit Law

Counseling nonprofit boards and executives on a range of issues applicable to nonprofit oversight, including
- Drafting and implementing policies and procedures that protect innocent board members from financial liability caused by wrongdoers
- Supporting boards in maintaining the boundary between board oversight and company operations
- Empowering executives to develop and maintain a professional and collaborative relationship with the board.
Executive leadership support to:
- Ensure current conflict of interest policies and practices are compliant with established and emerging risks for nonprofits
- Assist executives to confront wrongdoing in board members or other control persons.
Applying for and maintaining federal and state tax exemptions including income, sales and real estate tax exemptions.

Corporate Compliance

Improving communication between management and employees through the creation of practical company policies and procedures.
Supporting clients to create a workplace environment that emphasizes ethical conduct and values.
Developing a clear code of conduct which ensures that employees understand organizational expectations and requirements.
Supporting clients to build positive relationships between employees and management to increase retention and enhance organizational performance.