Avvo Watch Association is a Non profit organization qualified under IRS Section 501(c)(3)
ABOUT AVVO WATCH
Avvo Watch defines the type of access to this website under the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) to deny permission to any entity or organizatiion which uses BOTs (computer programs that mechanize computer tasks) to repetitively enter our URL (avvowatch.com or wolfstonelaw.com) into a search engine in order to make our URL more frequently and more readily identified to persons who are browsing the internet. Any and all automated methods hitting our URL are therefore not authorized and are prohibited. This clear violation of the CFAA shall result in criminal fines, imprisonment and civil liability. We also specifically do not authorize and we prohibit the use of BOTs to take or scrape data from the user profiles found in Avvowatch.com and Wolfstonelaw.com.
Avvo Watch is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to educate the legal profession. We are not affiliated with "Avvo" and we emphasize the distinctions between Avvo Watch and Avvo. This page shall document our legal status.
The original owner of the URL (avvowatch.com) is Gary L. Wolfstone who has transferred ownership of the URL to Avvo Watch Association. Mr. Wolfstone purchased five years of URL service as appears under "Who Is." Gary Wolfstone is the incorporator of Avvowatch, Association, a nonprofit corporation formed under Washington law (RCW 24.03). The UBI is 603-086-373. A Master Business License Application has been filed with the Department of Licensing in Olympia, Washington.
On May 19, 2011, Avvowatch applied for and received its EIN 45-2321601. Avvo Watch was subsequently granted IRS Section 501(c)(3) exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code on September 19, 2012. To date, Avvo Watch has never solicited and never received donations. The Articles of Incorporation state that Avvowatch's business purpose is to EDUCATE THE LEGAL PROFESSION ABOUT THE BUSINESS PRACTICES OF AVVO, INC. and similar social networking web sites. Avvo Watch filed ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT, on February 20, 2012 with the Washington State Secretary of State in order to make our purpose clearer.
At the present time, the Members listed have been granted Membership without charge in order to launch the venture. Heretofore, Avvo Watch has neither solicited nor received any donations or income or revenue. There are no employees. Mr. Wolfstone is not salaried. Classified ads have been placed in the Washington D.C. Bar Association on line publication; Minneasota on line publication; and Oregon State Bar on line publication.
