R. Bradley Fletcher

Representative Experience

• Developed strategies and structures to avoid unrelated business taxable income and minimize the associated risk
• Served as tax counsel for a New Orleans-based tax-exempt organization, including managing an organizational restructuring and change in tax status, taking them from a private foundation to a public charity
• Served as outside general counsel for several tax-exempt organizations including a Texas-based community foundation, a large botanical society, and a multi-location healthcare organization
• Created a nonprofit corporation that utilizes a large country music concert as their key fundraising activity in raising funds to further their mission of cancer research
• Successfully defended 501(c)(3) in IRS audits of their tax-exempt bonds
• Set up a California-based private foundation that focuses on providing healthcare services for Veterans
• Issued equivalency determinations for private foundations engaged in foreign grantmaking in a variety of countries, including Africa, Europe, South America, and Asia

Licensed In

• Texas

Education

• J.D. Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

• LL.M DePaul University College of Law
• B.A. Southern Methodist University

Memberships

• Estate Planning Class Instructor for Southern Methodist University’s CFP Program
• Former Board Member, Notre Dame School
• IRS Tax Exempt/Governmental Entity Council
• Former Board Member, Dallas Parks Project
• Former Board Member, Prevent Blindness Texas
• Leadership Dallas

Achievements

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Nonprofit / Charities Law (2025), Trusts and Estates (2018-Present)
• The Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (2016-2023)