John O’Donnell, a Member and the chair of the firm’s Tax practice area, handles tax-related business and estate planning. During his 30 years of practice, Mr. O’Donnell has represented clients in start-up matters, such as formation of new entities; expansion matters, such as mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; divestiture matters, such as spin-offs and redemptions; and business termination matters, such as sales of assets and entities, liquidations and dissolutions. His estate planning practice emphasizes the inter-relationship between estate tax-reducing transactions and resulting income tax consequences, particularly for closely held and family-owned businesses.

As both a CPA and an attorney, Mr. O’Donnell maintains memberships in the state, local and national associations of both professions. He has served as past chair of the Washington CPA Society Taxation Committee and the Washington State Bar Association Taxation CLE Committee. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington Law School Graduate Tax Program, and an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University, Seattle Branch, Graduate Tax Program.

Mr. O’Donnell was born in 1946 in White Plains, New York. He received a B.B.A. in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame in 1968, a J.D. from New York University Law School in 1971, and an L.L.M. in Taxation from Boston University Law School in 1979.