Licensed for 13 years

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James Ryan Hastings

Tax Attorney at San Francisco, CA

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Income tax consulting, tax planning and tax reporting compliance; representing clients with tax controversies and litigation; examination defense and audit resolution; capital structure and executive compensation.
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24 years

ATTORNEY AND CPA ADVISING INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES WITH TAXATION AND TAX RELATED LEGAL ISSUES.

JAMES W. RYAN HASTINGS, JD, CPA

LLM TAXATION

Certified Specialist, Taxation Law

State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

James Hastings specializes in federal tax tax planning, tax compliance and representing clients with tax controversies. He is a member of the State Bar of California and admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court. Jim is also a California licensed CPA with more than a decade of experience in public accounting, including Fortune 500 financial statement audits, financial analysis, management consulting and transactional due diligence.

James is also the founder of Engage for CPAs (), an online pratice management app for accountants.

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Law Office of James Hastings

(415) 610-8089 Office

(415) 520-9662 Fax

PO Box 453

San Francisco, CA, 94104

jwrhlaw.com/

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Posted by anonymous | July 25, 2022

Highly recomended

We hired James Hastings to provide guidance and prepare an amended return. He is the most responsive, proffesional, and epathetic attorney with whom we have had the pleasure of working. We will continue to work with Jim Hastings for both our business and personal tax preparations.

Posted by David | July 22, 2022

Very favorable review

I hired Lawyer Hastings to address/solve a couple of difficult tax problems/liabilities. He resolved them in a way quite favorable to me.

Posted by Ian | December 8, 2020

Fantastically Genuine Consultation

I reached out to Jim for a consultation based on my perceived need for a CPA and Tax Attorney. I had not filed taxes for 6 years, and was worried that I would be in a postion where I owed lots of money to the IRS. Though I had already talked to a couple of other professionals about my situation, Jim really took our consultation time to go over the type of communication I had received from the IRS to break down my potential debt. He helped me figure out that the most likely scenario is that I was owed some money as well as owing, and gave me great tools to help ensure that I had all the tax information I would need to start the filing process on my own. While I did not end up needing Mr. Hasting's services as my lawyer, his honest and genuine consultation helped set me along the right path to setting myself up for success. It was a huge personal help, and I would be happy to enlist his services in my professional life as well in the future, and recommend anyone to seek out Jim and his team!

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Posted by anonymous | April 14, 2020

Great Transaction Consultant

I've consulted with Jim on a number of transactions with legal ramifications. As a tax practitioner, issue spotting is invaluable when addressing complex transactions which deserve legal attention. As, both, a CPA and a tax attorney, Jim is able to both understand complex issues and provide insight from both perspectives. I highly recommend his services.

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Posted by James | June 27, 2017

Consultation to learn the meaning of an IRS notice and how to respond

Our consultation was thorough and extremely helpful to us. One of our attorneys, Diana Tarnopolskaya, contacted us immediately after receiving the referral to request background documents relevant to our IRS notice. Her intent was to prepare a response in advance of our meeting several days later. The attorneys demonstrated a genuine interest in our case and devoted the time that was necessary in excess of our 30-minute window for us to prepare a response. This included presentation of a printed copy of a relevant IRS court decision, copies of the documents that we might expect from the IRS contingent upon the success of our response, and an outline of the steps involved in an IRS decision with suggestions on how to respond at each step. We were fortunate to benefit from the deep knowledge and experience that Mr. James Hastings demonstrated in dealing with the IRS. Perhaps more importantly, we were fortunate to benefit from the willingness that Diana and James demonstrated to devote their time and effort on our behalf.

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Posted by Amber | May 31, 2016

Knowledgeable and Fun to work with

Mr. Hastings knew his stuff, was resourceful and even fun to work with (unique for a lawyer). He has a strong moral compass and was always fair with billing his time.

Posted by Neil | December 17, 2012

Financial Planner

I have referred several clients to Jim and I will continue as they come up. Jim's knowledge and ability to work with high level tax issues is a huge help to my practice. I cannot recommend him highly enough.

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AVVO RATING 10.0 (Superb)

Work Experience

Principal
Law Office of James Hastings PC
2010 - Present

President & CEO
Pine Street Cloudware LLC
2014 - 2020

Adjunct Professor
Golden Gate University School of Law
2014 - 2018

Legal Intern
Weiss & Weissman, Inc
2008 - 2008

Contract Attorney
Murphy Pearson Bradly & Feeney
2008 - 2009

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Education

Golden Gate University School of Law
LLM Taxation
2010

Golden Gate University School of Law
JD
2008

University of Oregon
BS - Bachelor of Science
1999

Legal Cases

Pareto Media, Inc., Et. Al. v Commissioner (Consolidated)
The court dismissed the case with prejudice, eliminating $18.5M of previously assessed income tax liabilities, penalties and interest.

Associations

Secured Carbon
Advisor
2022 - Present

Synchronous Group
Advisory Board
2019 - 2021

World Equity Group
Advisory Board
2016 - 2018

Bar Association of San Francisco, Taxation Section
Chairperson
2014 - 2015

Blind Babies Foundation
Treasurer
2009 - 2011

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Honors and Awards

Top Rated Tax Attorney, Rising Star
SuperLawyers
2020

Top Rated Tax Attorney, Rising Star
Super Lawyers
2019

Top Rated Tax Attorney, Rising Star
Super Lawyers
2018

Top Rated Tax Attorney, Rising Star
Super Lawyers
2017

Top Rated Tax Attorney, Rising Star
Super Lawyers
2016

Certified Specialist, Taxation
State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
2014

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Publications

Legal by the Bay, Bar Association of San Francisco
To 1099 or Not to 1099
2016

Speaking Engagements

Beat the Clock MCLE Event Seminar and Networking Lunch
Professional Responsibility for Tax Practiticioners
2015

Bar Association of San Francisco
Taxation of Legal Settlements
2014

Barristers Taxation Committee
Tax Practice and Attorney-Client Privilege
2013

Attorney endorsements

Received (3)

Given (7)

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Diana Tarnopolskaya

Tax Attorney | Jul 20
Relationship: Worked for lawyer

"Mr. Hastings is an exceptional attorney and tax professional. He is highly experienced and skilled in complicated tax matters. I am fortunate to have worked with him."

Steven Kronenberg

Tax Attorney | Jun 28
Relationship: Worked together on matter

"James is an excellent attorney who understands tax issues backwards and forwards. He is very approachable and can explain issues clearly. I endorse him."