Estate planning attorneys in Fairfax County, Virginia help clients make decisions about preserving their wealth and distributing the wealth after their death to relatives or charities. For high income or high asset clients the estate planning attorney should be experienced in drafting instruments such as simple and complex wills, living trusts, complex revocable inter vivos trusts, charitable remainder or charitable lead trusts. Estate planning lawyers in [state] also help clients understand the applicable federal and state tax burdens.
ACTEC is a fellowship of attorneys seeking to improve trust, estate and tax laws, as well as the procedures and ethics of attorneys who work in those fields. Many of the top trust and estate attorneys belong to this respected organization.
Lawyer Referral Service (LRS) of the Fairfax Bar Association - For more than 20 years, the Fairfax Bar Association has sponsored a non-profit Lawyer Referral Service that helps individuals and businesses find a qualified attorney in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia County, Prince William (Manassas) County, Loudoun County, and Stafford County, VA. Each year, the staff takes more than 10,000 calls and makes more than 3,000 referrals to individuals and businesses searching for a local attorney.