With over 20 years of experience as an attorney for nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, Mollie provides corporate, tax, and governance counsel to a diverse range of clients across the United States. She helps nonprofits navigate the complex legal and regulatory landscape, from formation and tax-exemption to compliance and advocacy.
As a featured author and speaker, Mollie shares her insights and knowledge on nonprofit law, charity governance, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship.
She has served in diverse community leadership positions, from a university regent to a preschool board chair. She has also taught college classes on “Social Entrepreneurship.” This background gives clients exceptional service, as Mollie provides her clients with practical legal and management advice so they can find success.
Education
- University of Texas School of Law (J.D)
- Texas Lutheran University (B.A., with honors)
- Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (graduate studies)
Bar Admissions/Licenses
- Texas
Honors & Awards
- Texas Bar Foundation Fellow. Each year the top one-third of one percent of Texas attorneys are invited to become Fellows.
- Texas Super Lawyer for Nonprofit Law (Thomson Reuters, Texas Monthly) 2024, 2021. Recognition for top 5% of the lawyers in the state.
- Texas Super Lawyer for Nonprofit Law – Rising Star (Thomson Reuters, Texas Monthly) 2012, 2013, 2014
- Top Attorney in Austin by Austin Monthly in the category “Attorney for Nonprofits” (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
- State Bar of Texas Pro Bono College, for donating more than 75 hours of legal services each year
News Feature
Hear Mollie Cullinane interviewed on NPR Morning Edition about philanthropic methods of giving: “An LLC? It Gives Facebook Founder More Freedom To Meet Philanthropic Goals”
Connect with Texas nonprofit attorney Mollie Wettstein Cullinane on LinkedIn.