James Wise focuses his practice on representing tax-exempt organizations, including hospitals, nonprofits and private foundations. By working with executive teams and boards of directors, he aims to help organizations with planning, structuring, governance, investigations, tax compliance and transactional matters.
James joined BakerHostetler from the Internal Revenue Service, where he drafted various public and private guidance regarding public and private charities, state and local governments, charitable trusts and estates. He also conducted taxpayer conferences for private letter ruling submissions and provided field support for tax litigation and determination letters.
*Not admitted in the District of Columbia, admitted in South Carolina. Practicing pursuant to D.C. Rule 49(c)(8) under the direct supervision of Matthew Elkin during pendency of application for admission to the District of Columbia.