Counsel for every stage of life and business
We concentrate on three closely related areas — planning your estate, administering trusts and estates, and building and transitioning your business — so the same attorneys who know your family and your goals can guide you through all of them.
A comprehensive plan that protects your legacy
A well-crafted estate plan ensures your assets pass as you intend, prevents family disputes, and protects wealth from long-term care costs and estate taxes. We design plans that continue to generate wealth for the people you love — including care planning for minor or disabled children and transition planning for family businesses.
How we can help
- Wills
- Revocable trusts
- Irrevocable trusts
- Dynasty trusts
- Special needs trusts
- Advanced medical directives
- Estate and gift tax planning
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
- Care planning for minor or disabled children
- Business succession planning — key-man insurance, buy-sell agreements, and voting arrangements
How we can help
- Probate proceedings
- Asset gathering, inventory, and appraisals
- Collecting estate receivables
- Paying estate obligations
- Local, state, and federal tax filings
- Asset distribution
- Deed corrections and property titling
- Trustee services
- Trust modification and decanting
- Family settlement agreements
Steady hands during a difficult time
Losing a loved one is hard enough without navigating probate alone. We guide families through the estate administration process — probating the will, administering the payment of taxes and other expenses, and sorting out asset titling — with patience and clarity.
Our attorneys have represented financial institutions, trust companies, and individuals serving as executors, administrators, and trustees in Virginia courts and before commissioners of accounts.
Build it to last. Plan the handoff.
Business planning is a complex undertaking with many angles to be thoroughly explored. We help you choose and establish the right legal structure for your objectives — analyzing business type, ownership structure, liability, and tax implications — and handle the agreements that keep it running smoothly: operating agreements, employment contracts, and partner transition plans.
When it's time to pass the business to the next generation, we handle all aspects of succession planning so the handoff is deliberate, tax-aware, and dispute-free.
Entities we form & advise
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- Professional LLCs (PLLCs)
- S-Corporations
- C-Corporations
- Benefit Corporations
- General Partnerships
- Limited Partnerships (LPs)
- Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
- Nonprofits — 501(c)(3)
Not sure where to start?
Most clients come to us with a question, not a plan. Tell us what's on your mind and we'll point you in the right direction.