Tracy L. Schimelfenig

Strategic legal advisor serving clients across the corporate, nonprofit, and sports industries with counsel grounded in sound judgment, practical execution, and long-range business thinking.

Corporate Law and M&ANonprofit LawSports Law

Professional Profile

Tracy L. Schimelfenig is a seasoned attorney with 20 years of experience advising clients across the corporate, nonprofit, and sports industries. She is known for her strategic approach, sound judgment, and ability to navigate complex legal and business matters.

Tracy works with businesses, nonprofit organizations, and sports-related clients on a wide range of issues, including corporate governance, transactional matters, compliance, and risk management. She serves as a strategic legal advisor on entity formation and structuring, contract drafting and negotiation, regulatory compliance, overall business operations, and practical risk mitigation tailored to each client’s objectives.

She has significant experience serving as a fractional general counsel, providing business-minded legal guidance shaped by both law firm and in-house roles. Her experience includes serving as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer for a multi-million-dollar nonprofit organization, where she led governance, regulatory compliance, and complex transactions, including real estate development projects.

Signature Focus

Business-Minded Legal Strategy

Tracy advises with a practical lens, helping clients solve legal issues in ways that support larger business objectives rather than treating legal work in isolation.

Fractional General Counsel Perspective

Her experience as a fractional general counsel and former Chief Legal and Compliance Officer gives her a clear understanding of how legal decisions affect governance, operations, compliance, and growth.

Cross-Sector Depth

With work spanning corporate, nonprofit, and sports-related matters, Tracy helps clients navigate transactions, governance, compliance, and risk with both strategic insight and operational awareness.

Areas of Focus

Entity formation and structuring for businesses and nonprofit organizations
Contract drafting, negotiation, and transactional support
Corporate governance and board-level legal guidance
Regulatory compliance and practical risk management
Fractional general counsel support for ongoing legal and operational needs
Business operations counseling aligned with long-term objectives
Nonprofit governance, compliance, and complex transaction support
Sports-related legal guidance informed by both academic and personal industry experience

Credentials & Recognition

Corporate law, business transactions, nonprofit, and sports.

Juris Doctor, California Western School of Law

Master of Science in Sport Administration, Arkansas State University

Bachelor’s degree in English, Marywood University

Sports Business Classroom’s Business of Basketball program during NBA Summer League.

Former Chief Legal and Compliance Officer for a multi-million-dollar nonprofit organization, leading governance, regulatory compliance, and complex transactions including real estate development projects.

Deeply committed to community impact and leadership, particularly in organizations focused on advancing women and underrepresented groups in law and sports.

Selected authority points

Strategic counsel for corporate, nonprofit, and sports matters, including governance, business transactions, compliance, risk management, entity structuring, contract negotiation, and practical legal strategy aligned with long-term business objectives.

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