Sally Wagenmaker is a founder and partner in the Chicago office of Wagenmaker & Oberly, a law firm serving churches and
other nonprofits that operate on local, national, and international levels. She provides legal counsel in corporate, tax, employment, and real estate matters for tax-exempt clients, including public charities, private foundations, and trade associations.
Wagenmaker’s clients include churches and other religious organizations, schools, and social service providers. Her law firm’s values are consistent with Proverbs 11:24-25, working to serve clients with trustworthiness, creative collaboration, cost efficiency, and mutual respect.
Wagenmaker engages with nonprofit leaders and other legal and tax professionals regularly through presentations, workshops, and conferences. She oversees and writes extensively on relevant nonprofit legal insights through her law firm’s blog. Wagenmaker has authored numerous articles related to federal tax exemption, religious liberty issues, state exemptions, nonprofit governance, and political advocacy.
Wagenmaker previously served as President of the Christian Legal Society. Both professionally and personally, Sally has worked and volunteered with numerous community organizations in her local community related to legal aid, health care, and conflict resolution centers.
Wagenmaker holds bar admissions in Illinois, Georgia, and Michigan, while serving clients out of her offices in Chicago, Illinois, and Grand Haven, Michigan, Wagenmaker earned her law degree from Emory University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi.
