NATIONAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: NATIONAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (EIN 43-1659486)
Tax period: 2010-07-01 to 2011-06-30
Filed: 2012-03-28
IRS object ID: 201230889349300818
Schema version: 2010v3.4
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-03-28T18:39:40-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	STEVEN P THURMON CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	922 VESPER ST	AddressLine1
City	BLUE SPRINGS	City
State	MO	State
ZIP Code	64015	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	431659486	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NATI	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 COOK STREET SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	DENVER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80206	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	REBECCA MESSALL	Name
Title	CEO	Title
Phone	3033987030	Phone
Date Signed	2012-02-09	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	STEVEN P THURMON CPA	Name
Phone	8168744779	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-02-09	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	REBACCA MESSALL	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 COOK STREET SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	DENVER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80206	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	46008	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.NLA.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1993	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	FL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	DEDICATED TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE FOR THE NATION CONSISTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTUTUTION AND THAT THE LEGAL COMMUNITY HAS A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE SAME	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	13	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	13	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	36449	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	46008	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	36449	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	46008	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	23240	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	8637	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	34844	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	31383	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	43481	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	54623	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-7032	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-8615	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	28915	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	20300	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	28915	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	20300	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	DEDICATED TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE FOR THE NATION CONSISTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTUTUTION AND THAT THE LEGAL COMMUNITY HAS A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE SAME	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	54623	Expense
Revenue	46008	Revenue
Description	NLA PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR ITS MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION STATEMENTS	Description
Total Program Service Expense	54623	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	13	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	13	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	LEE F KNIGHT CPA	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3033987030	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 COOK STREET SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	DENVER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80206	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (13 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
DENIS V BRENAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
JOHN G FARNAN
PRESIDENT		X				X
LEE F KNIGHT CPA
TREASURER		X				X
MARK ROHLENA
DIRECTOR		X
MARK ROHLENA
DIRECTOR		X
PHILIP S WALKER
DIRECTOR		X
REBACCA MESSALL
CEO	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
RICHARD BROWNING
SECRETARY		X				X
RONALD D RAY
DIRECTOR		X
TRACY TRIGILLO
DIRECTOR		X
WILLIAM D OLSON
DIRECTOR		X
WILLIAM P DANIEL
DIRECTOR		X
WILLIAM W MAYWHORT
DIRECTOR		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	0	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	45875	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	133	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	46008	TotalContributions

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	46008	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23240	Total
Program Services	23240	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8944	Total
Program Services	8944	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2279	Total
Program Services	2279	ProgramServices

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11878	Total
Program Services	11878	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2333	Total
Program Services	2333	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
FINANCIAL EXPENSES	5123	5123
OFFICE EQUIPMENT	586	586
CONTRACT LABOR	47	47
TELEPHONE	193	193

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	54623	Total
Program Services	54623	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28915	BOY
EOY	20300	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28915	BOY
EOY	20300	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28915	BOY
EOY	20300	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28915	BOY
EOY	20300	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28915	BOY
EOY	20300	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-8615	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
01. Form 990 governing body review (Part VI, line 11)	COPY SENT TO CEO FOR REVIEW AND DISTRIBUTION
02. Governing documents, etc, available to public (Part VI, line 19)	ALL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO PUBLIC