Practice Expertise
- Tax
- Private Wealth Advisors
Areas of Practice
- Private Wealth Advisors
- Tax
Profile
Tom’s practice focuses on estate planning, trusts and estates, estate administration, personal income tax, small business planning and state and local taxes.
Relevant Experience
- Advised a variety of clients on a full range of estate planning issues, including gift, estate, and generation-skipping tax avoidance, probate avoidance, use of trusts, retirement funds and charitable giving.
- Prepared numerous estate planning documents, including wills, living trusts, life insurance trusts, generation-skipping or dynasty trusts, trusts for minors, charitable trusts and GRATs and GRUTs.
- Advised clients and prepared documents involving estate freezes, including family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies.
- Advised numerous estates and trusts on various matters, including administration, disclaimers, estate tax and fiduciary income tax return preparation and tax planning.
- Represented both beneficiaries and executors in will contest and will construction cases.
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
Education
BS, Georgetown University, Mathematics, 1971
Areas of Practice
- Private Wealth Advisors
- Tax
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Professional Activities and Experience
- Advised a variety of clients on a full range of estate planning issues, including gift, estate, and generation-skipping tax avoidance, probate avoidance, use of trusts, retirement funds and charitable giving.
- Prepared numerous estate planning documents, including wills, living trusts, life insurance trusts, generation-skipping or dynasty trusts, trusts for minors, charitable trusts and GRATs and GRUTs.
- Advised clients and prepared documents involving estate freezes, including family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies.
- Advised numerous estates and trusts on various matters, including administration, disclaimers, estate tax and fiduciary income tax return preparation and tax planning.
- Represented both beneficiaries and executors in will contest and will construction cases.
Professional Activities and Experience
- “Best Lawyer,” Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers in America, 1997 - Present.
- “Super Lawyer,” Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, Virginia Super Lawyers magazine, 2007 - Present.