Not Enough Charities Get—or Seek—Sound Legal Advice, Says Author

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 111 River Street, Fourth Floor, Hoboken, N.J. 07030; (201) 748-6000; fax (201) 748-6088; http://www.wiley.com; 320 pages; $80.00; ISBN 978-1-1180-8404-5.

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 111 River Street, Fourth Floor, Hoboken, N.J. 07030; (201) 748-6000; fax (201) 748-6088; http://www.wiley.com; 320 pages; $80.00; ISBN 978-1-1180-8404-5.

Sometimes the best compliment a lawyer can get is that her work is invisible, says Lesley Rosenthal, general counsel at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

That’s the kind of praise Ms. Rosenthal earned when Lincoln Center unveiled a major redevelopment effort in 2010, which included a rooftop garden for visitors. Architectural reviews said they were pleasantly surprised that lawyers, worried about safety and access, hadn’t gotten involved to scuttle

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