Sally Wagenmaker is a partner at Wagenmaker & Oberly, a law firm serving nonprofit organizations across the nation with offices in Chicago and Charleston.  She provides legal counsel in corporate, tax, employment, and real estate matters for clients including churches and other religious organizations, social service providers, and schools.​ Her law firm’s values include trustworthiness, cost efficiency, creative collaboration, mutual respect, and community engagement, consistent with Proverbs 11:24-25.

Sally speaks regularly and writes through her law firm’s blog on nonprofit legal topics like board governance, religious liberty considerations, property tax exemption, facility usage, and employment law issues.  She has authored numerous articles on tax-exempt topics including religious liberty issues, state exemption, governance, and political advocacy.   Sally served on the CLS national board from 2009 through 2013 (including officer terms), and she served on her Chicago CLS chapter board as well.  She is thankful for her husband and two young adult children, who remind her continually that we are all made in God’s image and are valuable beyond measure.