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JAMES L. AUSTIN JR. is a member of Karr Tuttle Campbell's Board of Directors and has previously served as chair of the firm's business and finance department. For many years, he was author of the "Bankruptcy Practice" chapter of the Washington Lawyers Practice Manual. Mr. Austin chaired the Washington State Bar Association's committee responsible for drafting the comprehensive receivership code enacted in Washington in 2004. His practice encompasses a wide range of commercial and real estate transactions, business finance, banking and real estate matters. Mr. Austin earned his A.B. degree, with honors, from Stanford University and his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School. RAYMOND V. GESSEL is an attorney in Kent, Washington, where for more than 26 years he has provided legal services statewide to individuals and businesses. His experience includes business entity formation and litigation (corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, sole proprietorships); real estate transactions and litigation (purchase and sale agreements, real estate contracts, deeds of trusts, mortgages, foreclosures, specific performance, easements, property line disputes, liens); estate planning and probate (wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care durable powers of attorney, community property agreements, health care directives, will contests, lost wills); bankruptcy (Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13); personal injury litigation; insurance defense litigation; products liability litigation; and civil litigation. He earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree from University of Idaho College of Law. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association. WALTER M. MAAS III is an attorney and shareholder in the firm of Karr Tuttle Campbell, where he is chairman of the business and finance department. His principal areas of practice are corporate law and finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and the formation and capitalization of venture capital, buy out, real estate and other investment funds. Mr. Maas has been an adjunct professor at the University of Washington School of Law Graduate Tax Program and a senior adjunct professor at Golden Gate University's Graduate School of Taxation. He frequently lectures on aspects of structuring and financing technology ventures and other business enterprises, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate and individual tax planning. Mr. Maas has written numerous papers and co-written various publications, including Washington Partnership Law and Practice Handbook, and Buying and Selling the Closely Held Business in Washington. He is active in the American, Washington State and King County bar associations, as well as the State Bar of Wisconsin. Mr. Maas also is a member of the Board of Editors for the Attorney/CPA Tax Clinic. He has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law and Politics magazine; as one of Seattle's best lawyers by Seattle magazine; as one of Washington State's best lawyers by Washington CEO magazine; and was designated as a top lawyer in Puget Sound by Seattle Business Monthly. Mr. Maas earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and his LL.M degree in taxation from the New York University Graduate Division.
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