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James Leon Sharmat

5.0
Rating: 7.3

Licensed for 35 years

Tax Lawyer at Santa Monica, CA
Practice Areas: Tax, Entertainment, Corporate & Incorporation ... +3 more

3005 Main St., #202, Santa Monica, CA

About James

Practice Areas

6

Practice Areas

Tax 50%

Off shore banking and Nevada corporations. Helped start United Tax Relief, a tax resolution company that represents taxpayers before the IRS and the various state revenue departments. Insolvency and post insolvency financial and tax palnning.

36 years | 1,000 cases

50%
Entertainment 25%

Grew up in the business. Helped start the film tax shelter business in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A great deal of international distribution and finance. Hemdale, John Wells Corp., Solomon International Distribution

45 years | 60 cases

25%
Corporate and Incorporation 10%

Lots of corporate activity as it relates to tax resolution and planning

36 years | 10 cases

10%
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 5%

Have done a number of Chapter 7s

18 years | 5 cases

5%
Environmental and Natural Resources 5%

Chair, Sierra Club, Legal Advisory Committee, Angeles Chapter 1989-1995. Oversaw 200 pro bono attorneys in environmental litigation and administrative action throughout S. California. Handled a few myself. Playa Vista, SOKA v. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Bolsa Chica, etc...

21 years | 10 cases

5%
Estate Planning 5%

Off Shore Banking and Nevada family corporations

36 years | 2 cases

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 35 years

State: California

Acquired: 1990

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Law Office of James L. Sharmat

3005 Main St., #202, Santa Monica, CA, 90405

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Posted by Kamran | April 23, 2013 | Debt Collection

Outstanding Tax Attorney--Specializes in Offer and Compromise

James is very professional and he does what he says he's going to do for you as a client. He worked for Tax Lifeboat, a firm specializing in helping people clean up the mess of unfiled and/or unpaid tax returns. I have 5 years of returns I owed the IRS, and James was a big part of cleaning up the mes...s and getting the IRS off my back by getting them to stop collection efforts for over 2 years in my case while I had the returns prepared and then continued helping as an intermediary between the IRS and me while they were processing these returns. He did a great job.

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Geoffrey Plourde

Tax lawyer | Mar 04

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"James is very effective at unpacking and coming up with strategy for odd, complex, and unusual resolution matters. He is able to skillfully and tactfully advocate for his clients with tax authorities to achieve optimal outcomes."

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Steven Chung

Tax lawyer | Feb 19

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"James has a lot of experience with tax collection resolution and has often achieved remarkable results with very little resources. He has taught me a lot about managing client expectations and dealing with aggressive tax agencies."

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Experience

Rating:  7.3 (Very Good)

Honors

2014

Environmenal Law Activies, Sierra Club

Work Experience

2013 - Present

Tax Attorney, US Tax Shield

Associations

State Bar of California

Member

Education

1990

Loyola Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1982

Univ of California Santa Cruz

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

1993

Sierra Club

Environmental Law

Languages

English

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