CALIFORNIA DISCOVERY LAW INITIATIVE
EIN 82-3264418 · Legal Services (I80)
What they do
The Organization Worked to Preserve A Website Located At Https://california-discovery-law.net That Was Previously Maintained By A San Francisco Superior Court Commissioner (Richard Best) for Many Years. The Website Focused On California Civil Discovery Laws and Provided The Names of Cases Relevant to A Particular Discovery Device (i.e. Depositions, Interrogatories, Document Production) and Issue. The Expenses Incurred During 2018 Involved Working With An Independent Contractor to Retrieve The Data From The Original Website and Begin to Organize and Create A New Website, Including Understanding How to Best Update The Information That Was Becoming More and More Stale With The Passage of Time. The Organization Unsuccessfully Attempted to Get Funding and Support From The California Lawyers Association Through The Business Law Section Within The Business Litigation Committee, of Which The 3 Directors Were Members. The Organization Was Primarily Funded By The Law Firm Anderson Ziegler PC, Wh
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MARY KATHLEEN GALLAGHERPRINCIPAL OFFICER
MARY KATHLEEN GALLAGHERPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2019
- Location
- 1947 SPOONBILL RD, W SACRAMENTO, CA 95691-6118
- County
- Yolo
- In care of
- % KATHLEEN GALLAGHER
- Primary officer
- Mary Kathleen Gallagher, Secretary
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2019
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Legal Services (I80)
- IRS tax category
- Legal Services