Meet the Team

Legal guidance built on relationships.

Behind every client matter is a dedicated team focused on listening, communicating clearly, and helping you move forward with confidence. Every conversation you have is with a professional who works in this area every day, not a generalist splitting time across a dozen practice areas.

Breanna McCarthy, Founding Partner at Legacy Path Law

Founding Partner

Breanna McCarthy


Breanna McCarthy is a nonprofit attorney and trademark attorney, and a founding partner of Legacy Path Law. Her practice covers 501(c)(3) formation and the full range of 501(c) exemption applications, business formation for for-profit companies, and trademark registration and portfolio work before the USPTO.

She earned her Juris Doctor and a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Kansas, and is a member of The Florida Bar. Before entering private practice, Breanna worked in the Kansas Secretary of State’s office handling trademark and business filings — the same filings she now prepares for clients, from the other side of the counter.

With nearly a decade in private practice, she has taken founders through nonprofit formation from incorporation to IRS determination letter, and brands through trademark registration from clearance search to certificate. Clients most often describe her as the person who made a difficult administrative process feel manageable.

  • J.D., University of Kansas
  • The Florida Bar
  • Nonprofit Formation & 501(c)(3) Applications
  • Trademark Registration & USPTO Practice
  • Business Formation
Channing Thomas, Founding Partner at Legacy Path Law

Founding Partner

Channing Thomas


Channing Thomas is a nonprofit attorney and intellectual property attorney, and a founding partner of Legacy Path Law. Her practice covers nonprofit formation and governance, business formation and ongoing operations, and trademark registration.

She holds a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor with a concentration in Intellectual Property Law from Campbell University, and is a member of the Virginia State Bar. Channing clerked for a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and for a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia before practising at established firms.

She is also an active nonprofit board member and community volunteer, which means she advises organizations as someone who has sat on the other side of the board table. That is an unusual perspective for a 501(c)(3) attorney, and a useful one when the question is governance rather than paperwork.

  • J.D., Campbell University — Intellectual Property Law concentration
  • The Virginia State Bar
  • Appellate clerkships — N.C. Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Virginia
  • Nonprofit Formation & Governance
  • Trademark Registration
  • Business Formation

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Legacy Path Law is a law firm. Every matter is handled by an admitted attorney who works in nonprofit, business, and trademark law every day. No automated form-fillers, and no handoff to someone you've never spoken to.

Licensed, practicing attorneys

Our founding partners are bar-admitted lawyers with law degrees and years of hands-on practice, not consultants or document preparers.

One team, start to finish

Your matter is prepared by a licensed attorney, and you keep the same point of contact from your first conversation through to filing.

Real legal advice, not just paperwork

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Our Commitment

Clear communication. Practical solutions. Exceptional client care.

At Legacy Path Law, we don't just prepare legal documents; we build lasting relationships. We take the time to understand your goals, explain your options in plain language, and develop legal solutions that align with your mission.

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