David C. Tingstad maintains an extensive practice in the areas of business and real estate matters, limited liability companies (LLCs) and corporations. David regularly counsels clients in all aspects of business including operations, asset acquisitions, conversions and mergers. In addition, his practice includes assisting operating businesses with succession planning, financing, dissolution and disputes between owners.

David joined Beresford Booth in 1995. Through his years of practice, David continues to be an active member of several committees advising on policy issues relating to business entity legislation. Specifically, David is a member of the Washington State Bar Association’s Partnership Law Committee, which recently revised Washington’s Limited Liability Company Statute. David is Founding Fellow of the American College of LLC and Partnership Lawyers and a Member of the American Bar Association’s Committee on LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities.

David regularly speaks to and engages with other legal professionals for continuing legal education. David has presented on a range of legal topics relating to business entity law, writes regularly on current legal topics through his blog, and authored a chapter on dissolution of limited liability companies in the Washington Partnership Desk book through the Washington State Bar Association.

Chair – Business & Real Estate Law Group

Practice Areas:

  • Business Law 
  • Real Estate Law
  • Employment Law

Admitted:

  • State of Washington
  • United States District Court for the Eastern and Western District of Washington

Education:

  • Boise State University; BA Economics magna cum laude
  • Seattle University School of Law; JD cum laude

Professional Associations:

  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Snohomish County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Washington State Partnership Law Committee
  • ABA – LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities
  • American College of LLC and Partnership Lawyers – Founding Fellow

Publications, Honors, and Activities:

  • The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law – 27th Edition – 2023
  • Super Lawyers 2012, 2019-2021
  • “Washington Partnership and LLC Deskbook – Washington State Bar Association – Third Edition – 2020”
  • National ABA Webinar on Drafting LLC Agreements for Professional Service Entities – May 2019
  • Chair of WSBA Business Law Practice Primer Series – 2018
  • “The New Washington LLC Act” – Lorman – 2017
  • “The New Washington LLC Act” – WSBA January 2016
  • “Dissolution and Winding Up”  June 2015.
  • “Unwinding the Myth of the Capital Account” August 2013.
  • “The End is Near, So Plan for It”  2013.
  • “Exit Planning and Succession Planning”  September 2013.
  • “Acts of Dissociation — Member Withdrawal in Company Dissolution and LLC Member Disputes”  July 26, 2012 .
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2012, 2019, and 2020.
  • Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in Washington (2001, 2003 and 2007). [Cited as authority: Bishop of Victoria Corp. v. Corporate Bus. Park LLC, 38 Wn. App. 443 / 158 P.3d 1138 (2007)].
  • 2010 Legislation and Other Recent Developments: Essentials, Overview, and Strategic Insights.

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