Mark Kimball is a managing Shareholder and founder of MDK Law, an award-winning business and litigation firm that has been serving Seattle and Eastside clients for more than thirty five years. His practice is concentrated on corporate and real estate transactions, commercial litigation, business operations, and state, federal, and international tax law, and he is licensed to practice in Washington, New York and Texas, as well as United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme court. Specific tax work includes advising clients on a variety of business operation matters, structuring tax-advantaged transactions, and representing clients before the United States Department of Revenue, the Washington Board of Tax Appeals, and other taxing authorities. Single case tax savings for clients have exceeded $200,000.
In addition to numerous previouus awards, Mark recently received the most selective award accorded to attorneys in the United States by any rating or review process: Martindale-Hubbell’s Client Championship Award, which is limited to less than One Percent of attorneys, and unlike other rating services is based on an average required perfect 5.0 peer reviews by prominent attorneys and judges along with established and verified clients.
Mark serves as a consultant to other lawyers and firms on corporate, LLC, and tax matters, and has been retained as an expert witness for court cases by prominent Seattle firms. Representative expert witness cases have included operational disputes or corporations, limited liability companies; cases in which Mark has testified also include offering expert opinions on law firm governance, with successful outcomes for these parties. Mark assists leading small to large and high-growth companies in a variety of industries including those in the aerospace, computer hardware, transportation, restaurant services, IT services, real estate as well as other key Puget Sound business sectors.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- General
- General Civil
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
By appointment only. Generally billing at an hour of $450 for non tax issues and $500 for tax related matters. MDK Law does offer fixed price packages on a limited number of standardized legal services.
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
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- Washington
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- 9th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- U.S. Tax Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Farsi: Spoken, Written
- Russian: Spoken
- Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science
- Eutvos Lorand University
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- Principal Shareholder, CEO
- MDK Law
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- Boston University
- LL.M. (2015) | Transactional Commercial Practice
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- Joint program in alliance with Lazarsky University
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- University of Washington School of Law
- LL.M. (2004) | Tax Policy
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- University of Washington School of Law
- J.D. (1982) | Comparitive Law
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- University of Washington School of Law
- B.A. (1979) | Political Science; English
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- Honors: Dean's List
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- A-V Rated 5.0 Pre-Eminent Attorney
- Martindale Hubbell
- Consecutive awards from 2003 through 2019
- Platinum Client Champion Award
- Martindale
- Top Attorney Award
- Avvo
- Awarded in 2017 and 2018 also
- Client Choice Award
- Avvo
- Lawyer’s of Distinction Award
- Lawyers of Distinction
- Center for International Legal Studies
- Congress Fellow
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- State Bar of Texas
- Attorney Member
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- Union Nacional Juristas de Cuba
- Conferencista
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- Academy of Political Science.
- Member
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- Midwest Political Science Association
- Member
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- New York State Bar Association
- Member
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- National Business Institute
- Faculty
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- US-Cuba Law Forum
- Member
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- Eotos Lorand University
- Adjunct Professor
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- American Bar Association
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- Limited Liability Company Handbook
- Thomsen Reuters
- Financing Options and Troubleshooting for Business Start-Ups
- California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
- Appendix WA-1 LLC Operating Agreement
- Limited Liability Company Handbook
- Business Law from A-Z
- NBI - National Business Institute
- Limited Liability Company Handbook
- Westlaw
- Advanced Real Estate Transactions, National Business Institute - CLE, Seattle, WA
- NBI
- IX. International Meeting 2019 on International Law, Havana, Cuba
- Union Nacional de Juristas de Cuba and Universidad de la Habana
- Real Estate Transactions From A to Z, National Business Institute - CLE, Video Webcast
- NBI
- Equipment Leases: New TCJA Tax Rules, Key Provisions and Top Legal Issues, National Business Institute - CLE, Audio Webcast
- NBI
- LLC Operating Agreements, National Business Institute - CLE, Seattle, WA
- NBI
