Joseph P. Zehnder
Phone: (253) 627-1181, Ext. 116
Direct: (253) 682-3116
E-Mail: jpz@mcgavick.com
Mr. Zehnder principally counsels closely-held businesses and their owners concerning their business, commercial, construction, corporate, real estate, tax, and estate planning needs. This counseling includes transactions such as formation of entities (corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships), buy-sell agreements, mergers and acquisitions, entity governance, condominium developments, commercial and residential real estate purchases and sales, commercial real estate and personal property leases, commercial lending matters, and secured transactions.
Practice Areas:
Business &Tax
Commercial Finance
Construction
Equipment Leasing
Estate Planning
Real Estate
Admission to Practice:
- 1998, Washington State
- 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- 2004, U.S. Tax Court
Education:
University of Washington, B.A. in International Studies and Swedish, summa cum laude, 1995
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1998
Awards:
Business Examiner 40 under Forty – Honoree, 2009
CALI Award – Judicial Administration of the Federal Courts, 1998
Hastings Law Journal – Production Editor, 1997-1998
American Jurisprudence Award – Legal Writing and Research, 1996
Memberships:
- U.S. Small Business Administration – Lecturer regarding business law
- Washington State Bar Association (Business; Construction; Real Property, Probate and Trust; and Taxation sections)
- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
- Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Tacoma, Washington – Director, 2007-Present
- American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Tacoma – Leadership Team, Corporate Sponsorship, 2005-2006; Team Captain 2000-Present
- Master Builder’s Association of Pierce County – Director, 2010 – present, “Vice President – Secretary, chair of Membership Committee, 2009-2010
- Associated General Contractors of Washington – Member 2008-Present
- Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce