Firm: Hairfield Morton
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: McCarthy & Akers, PLC | Estate Planning Attorneys
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
J. Douglas McCarthy is a founding partner of McCarthy & Akers, PLC. His practice focuses on transactional law dealing with Estate Planning, Real Estate and Corporate matters. Prior to founding McCarthy & Akers, PLC, Mr. McCarthy was a partner in the Winchester, Virginia law firm of Groves and McCarthy.. Mr. McCarthy received his J.D. from the Keller School of Law at The University of Dayton, in Dayton, Ohio, where he earned honors in the fields of Taxation, Wills and Trusts. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where he majored in Political Science.
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Firm: Shrader & Goad Law Office
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: JM Legal
n/a , Richmond , Virginia
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
My practice consists of Estate Planning, Estate Probate, Trusts, Trust Administration, Tax Planning, Real Estate, Small Business Law, and Sports and Entertainment Law. I am very active in sports and entertainment law and have a sports agency, Crown Endeavors Sports Agency that represents coaches and athletes. I played football at the University of Virginia and then proceeded to attend Liberty University School of Law where I finished top 5 in my class and Magna Cum Laude. I am a devout Christian and because of that, I hold myself to a higher ethical and professional standard than what is required in the legal profession.
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Firm: Grimes Legal Services (WMA - Northern VA)
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
At GuideOn Legal Services, founder and principal attorney Jack Grimes, J.D., LL.M., doesn’t believe estate planning and business succession planning are about end-of-life scenarios. Instead, under his Live Long, End Strong® philosophy, he guides clients to develop plans that embrace life, protect their families and preserve values and assets for future generations.. After serving in Iraq as an Army NCO, Jack spent 15 years as an Air Force JAG. He's held positions in the White House and Congress, trained at the SEC and was VP at a Fortune 500 company. Jack and his wife (a law enforcement professional) are proud and busy parents of three. Call Jack for your legal needs.
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Firm: Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: +1 (888) 450-2873
Firm: Wolcott Rivers Gates
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Jessica A. Hayes focuses her practice on estate planning and administration. She enjoys assisting individuals planning for retirement, small business owners, parents of young children, and seniors in creating a plan carefully tailored to meet their unique needs and the needs of their families.. With a background in elder law and special needs planning, Jessica proactively aids clients in identifying and minimizing potential future threats to their estate plan, including long-term care costs and estate taxes. She also guides executors and trustees through the process of estate and trust administration.
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Firm: Offit Kurman, Attorneys At Law
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Jesci Norrington focuses her practice on estate planning, probate, trust and estate administration matters and non-contested guardianship and conservatorship cases. She counsels clients serving as executors and trustees through the probate and trust administration process. She prepares individualized estate plans tailored to meet client's needs to include wills, trusts, irrevocable trusts, special needs trusts, powers of attorney and advance medical directives.. Jesci serves on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and is a member of the Fairfax Bar Association. She regularly serves as a guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults and is a volunteer with Wills on Wheels, an organization that provides estate planning services to the elder community. When she is not practicing law, she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter traveling, cooking or spending time outdoors
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Firm: Armstrong Bristow Farley & Schwarzschild PLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: COOPER SPONG & DAVIS PC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
I am a lawyer who specializes in elder law and estate planning.
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Firm: Williams Mullen
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
My practice focuses on, among other things, estate planning and estate administration. I seek to create the best plan of action to accomplish an individual's end-of-life goals. Whether it is the drafting of simple wills, the creation of contingency plans in the event of unforeseen circumstances, or the administration of those that have already passed, my goal is to assist those in a time when help is most needed. Everyone deserves professional and passionate legal representation, which is exactly what I seek to provide.. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Local Government; Eminent Domain
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Firm: The Reynolds Law Group
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: +1 (804) 507-5162
Firm: Law Office of Jay R. Pelkofer, PC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Jay R. Pelkofer, Attorney At LawExperience:After several years of experience in the financial services industry, I worked for four years as a tax policy analyst with the United States Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C. While attending law school, I then began my legal career as a law clerk for a small firm in Maryland that focused on real estate and small business transactions. Upon graduation from law school, I worked for a large northern Virginia law firm that focused on wills, trusts and estate planning. Since that time, I have established a successful legal practice dedicated to providing my clients with quality legal service at reasonable cost. It is my goal that every client receives my utmost personal attention and the benefit of my substantial legal experience and expertise. Practice Areas:. Education:. Memberships:
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Firm: Armstrong Bristow Farley & Schwarzschild PLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: The Sack Law Firm PC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Vitt Law Offices, PLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Mr. Vitt first became interested in estate planning in law school while taking an estate taxation course. As an attorney, he has always found it rewarding to help people plan and assist them in getting their affairs in order. Nonetheless, Mr. Vitt spent several years as a trial lawyer and general civil practitioner prior to focusing on estate planning. That experience has proven invaluable as a foundation for his estate planning practice.. EXPERIENCE. Following law school, Mr. Vitt served as a judicial law clerk in Bennington, Vermont. As a law clerk, Mr. Vitt had the opportunity to work with several judges on a wide variety of matters. A year later, Mr. Vitt went to work for Paterson & Walke, PC, an AV-rated general civil practice law firm in Montpelier, Vermont. He ultimately became a managing shareholder of that firm. At Paterson & Walke, PC, Mr. Vitt represented individuals and businesses in a variety of matters, including business planning and litigation. He represented clients in state and federal courts, and successfully argued cases before the Vermont Supreme Court. In 1993, Mr. Vitt returned to his home state of Virginia, where he was a principal of Geraty, MacQueen, and Vitt, PLC for eleven years. During that period, Mr. Vitt narrowed the focus of his work to estate planning and elder law.. In March 2004, Mr. Vitt founded Vitt Law offices, PLC, a firm devoted entirely to estate planning, elder law, and related matters. As a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys (AAEPA), Mr. Vitt has consistently completed a minimum of 36 hours of annual Continuing Legal Education (more than required by the Virginia State Bar) in areas pertaining to estate planning, elder law, and taxation. He served on the AAEPA’s Education Advisory Board for over five years, and presently serves on the AAEPA’s Board of Governors. In addition, he received training and earned certification pertaining to IRA planning and distributions through the IRA Attorney Advisor Program presented by Ed Slott, CPA. Mr. Vitt is an active member of the Virginia Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Virginia State Bar Section on Trusts and Estates, the Central Virginia Estate Planning Council, and the Charlottesville/ Albemarle Bar Association. Mr. Vitt has addressed numerous professional and community organizations, has appeared on television, and has been interviewed for various print media. He regularly conducts public and private seminars on estate planning, elder law, and related matters. Over the years, Vitt Law Offices, PLC has helped hundreds of clients preserve and pass on their hard-earned wealth through wise estate planning choices.. EDUCATION. In 1974, Mr. Vitt completed his undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech. In 1985, Mr. Vitt received his Juris Doctorate and his Master of Studies in Environmental Law, cum laude, from Vermont Law School. While at Vermont Law School, Mr. Vitt earned first place honors in the Debevoise Moot Court Competition, served on the Moot Court Advisory Board, and was a member of the Vermont Legal Research Group.. PERSONAL. Mr. Vitt and his wife, Dianne, a registered dietitian, have a son and daughter. All of the Vitts are or have been involved with the law firm. Daughter Loretta is presently attending law school at the University of Virginia, and plans to practice at Vitt Law Offices upon graduation. They all enjoy outdoor activities and musical events in their spare time.
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Firm: Segall Legal Services, PC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Practice Areas: Estate Planning
With the constantly changing tax laws, business or personal circumstances and economic conditions that impact estate planning, you’ll want J. Lee E. Osborne on your team of advisers.. Lee focuses on estate planning and administration, taxation, business planning and transactions. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, which recognizes individual attorneys for distinguished contributions to the practice of estate planning, probate and trust law.. Lee is an adjunct professor at the Washington and Lee School of Law, where he teaches Wealth Transfer Planning. He has presented continuing legal education programs on numerous subjects, including ethics at the Annual Douglas W. Conner Advanced Estate Planning and Administration Seminar.. Prior to joining Woods Rogers, he was president of Carter & Osborne, P.C.. Lee is regularly cited for excellence in trusts and estate planning in leading lists such as Best Lawyers in America (since 1995), Super Lawyers and Virginia Living. He has been recognized as Lawyer of the Year in America’s Best Lawyers.. He also has been selected as a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation for 2013.. Lee has a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and received his law degree and master’s of law and taxation degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary.. He serves on numerous organizations, including the Roanoke Valley Estate Planning Council, Roanoke College Planned Giving Advisory Board, Ferrum College Estate Planning Council, Charitable Advisory Committee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of the Blue Ridge.
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Firm: Owen and Truban, PLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: +1 (540) 502-4760
Firm: Baskin, Jackson, Hansbarger and Duffett, P.C.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: 703-534-3610