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James E. Wreggelsworth

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T 206.757.8174 Seattle
M 206.972.1413
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Jim Wreggelsworth advises clients in a wide range of transactional and federal tax matters, including complex merger and acquisition transactions, real estate, and private equity investments. He counsels clients on the structuring and taxation of pass-through entities such as partnerships, limited liability companies, and S corporations. Jim also counsels clients on general corporate, individual, and employment-related tax matters. Jim is a past chair of the Partnership and LLCs Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section.

Publicly-traded LP merger

Lead tax counsel to Pope Resources, a publicly traded timber limited partnership, in connection with its acquisition by Rayonier, Inc., a publicly-traded timber REIT in a complex "Up-REIT" transaction.

Music catalog sale

Represented ZZ Top in the sale of their music catalog and royalty rights to BMG-The New Music Company and KKR & Co. Inc.

Agricultural business transactions

Represented institutional investors and sellers in connection with the acquisition/sale of controlling interests in large, integrated fruit producers and packers.

Partnership equity compensation planning

Represented a private equity fund in connection with the establishment and implementation of a partnership equity compensation plan for its management team.

Upstairs/downstairs partnerships

Represented businesses in connection with the structuring and implementation of "upstairs/downstairs" partnership arrangements.
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Admitted to Practice

  • Washington

Education

  • LL.M., Taxation, New York University School of Law, 1987
  • J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1984, cum laude
    • Order of the Coif
    • Order of the Barons
  • B.B.A., Accounting, Boise State University, 1981

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Former Chair, Partnerships and LLC Committee, Section of Taxation, American Bar Association
    • Former Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
    • Advisory Board, Corporate Tax and Business Planning Review, Bureau of National Affairs
    • Director, Attorney-CPA Tax Clinic, Bellevue, Wash., 1994-2010 
    • Former Chair, Seattle Tax Group, 1993-2001

Professional Recognition

    • Fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel
    • Named as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" by Chambers USA in Corporate/Commercial: Tax (Washington), 2006-2024; Received "Band 1" ranking, 2012-2024
    • Selected by Best Lawyers as Seattle's "Lawyer of the Year" in Tax Law, 2016, 2019, 2025
    • Named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" by Best Lawyers in Tax Law, 2001-present
    • Selected to "Washington Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters, 2003-2024
    • Selected to the "Top 100 Washington Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters, 2008-2009
    • Listed in "Your Top Lawyers In the Puget Sound Region," Seattle Business, January 2012
    • Named as one of "155 Top Lawyers" by Seattle Magazine and Seattle Business Monthly, 2007
    • Named as one of "Puget Sound's Top 90 Business Lawyers" by Seattle Business Monthly, 2006
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