Jonathan Hwang is a partner at Wagenmaker & Oberly and serves the law firm’s broad spectrum of nonprofit organizations and other clients. Focusing on W&O's startups, corporate, international, and intellectual property practice groups, Jonathan's work includes assisting clients with nonprofit development and governance and tax and regulatory compliance. He also enjoys helping clients develop organizational structures and systems to achieve client goals in effective and efficient ways. Throughout his legal services, Jonathan strives to help nonprofit organizations fulfill their missions to build, improve, and transform civil society. Jonathan has also spoken numerous times for churches and nonprofit organizations on issues surrounding organizations' operations, faith in the workplace, and interdisciplinary and ecumenical cooperation for the sake of human flourishing.
Prior to joining Wagenmaker & Oberly, Jonathan worked as a criminal prosecutor for the State's Attorney's Office of Cook County, Illinois, practicing at both trial and appellate levels. He is also an Alliance Defending Freedom Blackstone Fellow and has worked for research centers and as a project manager for a religious organization. Jonathan received his J.D. cum laude from Notre Dame Law School and his A.B. from Princeton University.
Jonathan currently lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and four children.