James K. Tamke, Attorney, P.C.
About Me
I began my professional career as an auditor and staff accountant for the international accounting firm of Price Waterhouse & Company (n/k/a PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP or PwC) in Los Angeles, California in 1973. After receiving my Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation by the State of California, I was named senior auditor by the Los Angeles Office of Travelers Insurance Company. While at Travelers, I worked with many CPA's and attorneys in the healthcare industry and later was named controller and chief financial officer of a hospital in the Los Angeles area. Then, I decided to become an attorney, and took a position as an auditor and tax consultant with a CPA firm in Beverly Hills that allowed me to work part-time while attending law school. And after graduating from law school in 1985, I decided to move back to South Bend, Indiana where I began my law practice, concentrating in tax and bankruptcy law.
Practice Areas
- Individual Chapters 7 & 13
Bar Admissions:
- State of Indiana (1985)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (1985)
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (1985)
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1990)
- United States Tax Court, Washington, D.C. (1990)
- United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Cincinnati (1991)
- United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Chicago (1991)
- Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Tribal Court (2023)
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
- National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (NACTT) Academy
- St. Joseph County Bar Association
- Indiana State Bar Association