JAMES K. McBAIN
 jmcbain@ahrenslaw.com
Partner - Seattle Office

Current
Partner with Ahrens & DeAngeli, p.l.l.c., serving clients nationwide.

Experience
Prior to joining Ahrens & DeAngeli, p.l.l.c., James was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP. He has served clients throughout the Pacific Northwest with tax, charitable and estate planning. He also represents clients in business formation, succession planning, and retirement planning matters.

Memberships

  • American, Washington State and King County Bar Associations

  • American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants

  • Tax Section of the American Bar Association

  • Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the Washington State Bar

Civic

  • Member, Rotary Club of Seattle

Bar Admissions

  • Washington State Bar

  • Utah State Bar

Publications

  • Author, with Fred H. Cate and D. Annette Fields, The Right to Privacy and the Public’s Right to Know: The “Central Purpose” of the Freedom of Information Act, 46 Administrative Law Review 41 (1994)

  • Author, Environmental Impediments to Bankruptcy Reorganizations, 68 Indiana Law Journal 233 (1993)

Education

  • LL.M (Master of Laws in Taxation), with distinction, Georgetown University Law Center (1993)

  • Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington; Order of the Coif; Associate, Indiana Law Journal; American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts, Constitutional Law and Business Bankruptcy (1992)

  • B.A. in History, University of Michigan; Regents-Alumni Scholar; National Merit Scholar (1990)