Pamela Ann Grinter

Pamela Ann Grinter

Fox Rothschild LLP β€’ Seattle, WA
TaxEmployment LawGeneral PracticeHealthcareHospitality

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Contact

Email
Phone
(833) 884-6742
Address
1001 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98154-1192, US

Professional

About

Pamela Grinter is chair of the firm's Corporate Transactions and Finance practice. Her practice primarily focuses on business and tax law. Pamela represents private, public and nonprofit businesses throughout the region in the full range of business transactions – with an unusual depth of experience benefiting clients within the food and beverage industry. She offers a customized approach to solving each client's unique problems. Pamela often serves her clients in the role of general counsel. She especially enjoys the meaningful and productive relationships this role allows her to develop with company decision-makers – including executives, owners and board members. In this role, she often works closely with her colleagues in the areas of employment, intellectual property protection and litigation. In particular, Pamela represents both buyers and sellers in all types of strategic relationships involving the purchase, sale or combination of businesses. In addition to food industry clients, she has represented many healthcare, aerospace and hospitality clients in this area. Pamela assists her business clients, of all sizes, throughout the full business life-cycle -- including choice of entity and entity formation (especially partnerships and limited liability companies), shareholder management, real estate transactions, distribution agreements, franchising arrangements, commercial agreements and business terminations. In her tax practice, Pamela assists clients - especially partnerships and limited liability companies - with a wide range of local, state, federal and international tax matters – including strategic tax planning. She assists a wide variety of tax-exempt organizations with their corporate, state and federal tax matters – including initial organization, federal tax exemptions and reorganizations. Putting this knowledge to work, she has served on the boards of a wide range of nonprofits.

About Tax Law

Tax attorneys help individuals and businesses with tax planning, compliance, and disputes with tax authorities. They work to minimize tax liability and resolve IRS issues. Common matters include tax planning, irs audits, tax disputes, business tax.

Credentials

Education
1991 University of Puget Sound School of Law JD - Juris Doctor 1988 Santa Clara University BS - Bachelor of Science
Languages
English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2016 Top Women in M&A, SuperLawyers 2016 AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell 2016 Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine 2015 Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine 2014 Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
Publications
2016 19 Valuation Strategies No. 5 (May/June 2016) Contingent Consideration: Bridging the Valuation Gap in M&A Transactions With Effective Contingent Consideration Provisions
Associations
American Bar Association Member King County Bar Association Member Washington State Bar Association, Taxation Law Section Member American Bar Foundation Fellow Washington State Bar Association, Business Law Section Chair
Speaking
2015 Riddell Williams Breakfast Briefing Series Washington State Tax Update 2015 Meet Up Group Exit Strategy: Planning for the Future 2015 Continuing Legal Education Beverage Law: Ongoing Transactions and Business Expansion 2012 Riddell Williams' Breakfast Briefing Series Crossing the Line for Mission and Revenue: Issues in Joint Venturing with For-Profit Entities and Unrelated Business Income 2011 Riddell Williams' Breakfast Briefing Series Guarantees, Indemnities and Releases
Updated: Mar 08, 2026