About Dan Beirute, Attorney at Law

Dan Beirute graduated from Harvard Law School in 1996. For the past 14 years, his legal practice has focused on representation of churches, ministries, and charities in all 50 states. Dan has assisted many hundreds of churches and ministries across the United States in a variety of matters involving attaining and maintaining 501(c)(3) status, as well as general governance issues, contracts, trademarks, employment law issues, and real estate.

Dan has written numerous educational articles for national publications regarding legal issues of interest to churches and ministries. He is a frequent speaker at non-profit seminars for pastors, lawyers, CPAs, and non-profit leaders.

For the past 10 years, Dan has also served as an adjunct professor at Oral Roberts University Graduate School of Business, where he teaches a Non-profit Legal Issues course for students in the Masters of Non-profit Management program.

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Our Mission

Our MISSION is to provide a wide range of legal services to churches and ministries across the U.S. and to do so with the utmost skill and professionalism. These services include general legal services and legal services unique to non-profit and 501(c)(3) organization. We want to serve as your church's or ministry's "general counsel" and to provide our legal services promptly, with reliability and integrity, and at a reasonable price.

What We Believe

We BELIEVE that churches and ministries have unique legal needs. Therefore, they require an attorney with unique experience and knowledge in the field of church and ministry law and the rules applicable to 501(c)(3) organizations. We also believe that churches and ministries benefit by having a Christian attorney who not only understands the church world but also unashamedly shares his clients' Christian world view.

Our Objective

Our OBJECTIVE is to serve our clients quickly, efficiently, and at a reasonable price. This means responding to clients' calls and emails within 24 hours when at all possible; completing client projects promptly and keeping clients updated regarding the status of their work; providing concise and understandable answers to client's questions; alerting clients to liability and compliance risks involved in proposed transactions; alerting clients to expected costs of work so that clients are not "blindsided" by fees; and charging fees which are fair and reasonable given the size of the job.