Mr. Brothers' primary areas of practice are wills, estate planning and administration, taxation, bond finance and corporate law.

Bar Admissions

Admissions

• Virginia State Bar
• Tennessee State Bar

Education

• Williams College, B.A., 1990
• Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1997
• University of Florida, Masters of Law in Taxation, LL.M., 1998

Significant Accomplishments

Advising clients on income and transfer tax planning matters, including succession issues for closely held business clients and advanced gift techniques for high net worth individuals

Preparing and executing estate planning documents, including revocable trusts, wills, irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, advance medical directives, and powers of attorney, and assisting with the implementation of the estate plan, including the funding of trusts and the preparation of beneficiary designations for retirement benefits

Advising and assisting individual and corporate fiduciaries with trust and estate administration and state fiduciary issues, including the preparation of state and federal tax returns and local court filings

Counseling and advising charitable organizations on tax-exempt issues, ranging from the application for tax-exemption to securing tax-exempt bond financing

Serving as bond counsel to Virginia localities and authorities on tax-exempt and taxable bond issues

Representing closely held business clients on various matters including the initial organization of the entity, business succession planning and the eventual sale of the business

Seminars/ Presentation

Speaker, "An Estate Planner's Perspective on Recent Tax Developments -- The Year in Review," Virginia CLE's 32nd Annual Trusts and Estates Seminar, October 2013

Publications & Presentations

• Speaker, "An Estate Planner's Perspective on Recent Tax Developments -- The Year in Review," Virginia CLE's 32nd Annual Trusts and Estates Seminar, October 2013
• "Drafting Effective Wills and Trusts," National Business Institute, June 2006
• "Five Questions to Ask Before Structuring Tort Recovery for a Disabled Client," VSB Litigation News, Spring 2006
• "The Probate Process From Start to Finish in Virginia," National Business Institute, June 2003