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About Ada
Biography
With over 35 years of legal experience, Ada has broad experience counseling domestic and international clients on all aspects of tax, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, financing, joint ventures, franchises, and import/export business. Her practice emphasizes the tax aspects of cross-border business and investments.
Practice Areas
5
Practice Areas
Contracts and Agreements
25%
43 years
Corporate and Incorporation
25%
43 years
Tax
25%
33 years
Franchising
15%
28 years
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Washington for 42 years
State: Washington
Acquired: 1983
No misconduct found
Location
ADA KO LAW PLLC
7525 SE 24TH ST. SUITE 600, MERCER ISLAND, WA, 98040
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Ada Ko's Reviews
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Posted by anonymous | June 8, 2007
Client Review
Ada is very helpful, and she is creative as well in resolving complicated issues.
Posted by anonymous | June 8, 2007
Client Review
Ada is efficient. She always provides constructive ideas and solution-oriented advices.
Posted by anonymous | June 7, 2007
Lawyer for you, the best!
Ada has been the business lawyer for our eye clinic for the past several years. She has written partnership agreements, set up two corporations for us, and provided general business counsel. She is prompt, thorough, helpful and very sharp. In every case she provides new and better ideas to help solve...
Posted by anonymous | June 7, 2007
Amazing
I have had the opportunity to work with Ada Ko on behalf of a number of businesses and on a variety of issues over the past 8 years. From small, family owned companies to much larger corporations, and on matters spanning business formation to sale and dissolution, I could not have asked for better re...
Ada Ko's Lawyer Endorsements
"This lawyer is my go to lawyer for business and tax referrals. I endorse this lawyer's work."
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Divorce and separation lawyer
Experience
Honors
2013
The Best Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in America in Tax
2013
Seattle Magazine, Best in the Business in Tax
2013
Licensed Customs Broker, U.S. Customs Border Protections
2012
The Best Lawyers in America in Tax, The Best Lawyers in America
2012
Best in the Business in Tax, Seattle Magazine
2011
The Best Lawyers in America® Tax Law, The Best Lawyers in America®
2008
President of WSBA Tax Section, Washington State Bar Association Tax Section Members
2008
Avvo Top Tax Lawyer, Washington CEO Magazine
1983
Youngest Graduate, University of Washington
Work Experience
2018 - Present
Member/Owner, Ada Ko Law PLLC
2011 - 2018
Owner/Attorney/Licensed Customs Broker, GARVEY SCHUBERT BARER
1999 - 2011
Shareholder/Attorney, LANE POWELL PC
1990 - 1999
TAX COUNSEL, CITY OF SEATTLE
1987 - 1990
Associate, O'SHEA, BARNARD & MARTIN
1983 - 1987
Attorney, Rainier National Bank and private practice
Associations
2000 - Present
Inter-Pacific Bar AssociationMember
1983 - Present
Washington State Bar AssociationMember
2010 - 2010
Washington State Bar Association, Taxation Law SectionPresident
2000 - 2012
International Bar AssociationMember, Tax Committee
2000 - 2011
University of Washington School of Law, Graduate Tax ProgramAdjunct Professor of Law - International Tax
1987 - 1992
University of Puget Sound School of LawAdjunct Professor of Law - Basic Real Estate Transactions
1983 - 2012
Washington Bankers AssociationInstructor
Education
1999
University of Washington School of Law
LL.M - Master of Laws in Taxation
1983
University of Puget Sound School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1975
University of Washington
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2012
GSB Tax Roundtable
FBAR and Form 8938 Foreign Financial Reporting
2012
2012 IPBA Annual Conference - Delhi, India
FATCA Regulations and Cross Border Financing
2011
GSB Tax Roundtable
FATCA Compliance
2009
Tax Provisions in Federal and State Stimulus Programs
Individual Tax Benefits
2009
Doing Business in China
Tax Issues in China
2008
2008 IPBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - LOS ANGELES
U.S. TAXATION
2007
2007 IPBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - BEIJING
TAX - Transfer Pricing
2006
2006 IPBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
U.S. TAXATION
2005
2005 IPBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - BALI
U.S. TAXATION
2004
2004 IPBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - KOREA
FINANCING
2002
2002 IPBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - HONG KONG
U.S. TAXATION
2000
WSBA ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE SECTION
INTERNATIONAL TAX
2000
Serious Money on KCTS TV
INVESTMENT TAX ADVICE
Publications
2009
ABA Business Law Section newsletter
Investing in Canada Through a U.S. Limited Liability Company: The Impact of New Paragraph 6 to Article IV of the Canada-US Tax Treaty
1999
State Tax Notes
A National Sales Tax After Quill? A Proposal for State and Local Taxation of the Sales of Goods and Services on the Internet