PARTNER

PRACTICE AREAS

Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration, Business Formation & Succession, Disputes, Expert Testimony, Taxation

Tom is a partner at Yates Campbell LLP in Fairfax, VA. His practice concentrates in the areas of sophisticated estate planning (including estate, gift and fiduciary income tax planning), estate and trust administration and fiduciary controversies.





BEST WAY TO CONTACT TOM


Call the office at (703) 273-4230 and speak to Tom, or speak to his assistant, Kim, about an appointment.

Bar Admissions

  • VA 1996

Education

  • George Mason University, J.D., 1995
  • University of Virginia; B.A., 1991



Professional Organizations

  • Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Virginia State Chair, member of Virginia Nominating Committee, ACTEC Southeast Fellows Institute Senior Advisory Committee member, National Fiduciary Income Tax Committee member, National State Laws Committee member)


  • Virginia Bar Association - Wills, Trusts and Estates Section and Legislative Committee (2009 to present), President (2019-2021), Vice President (2017-2019), Secretary (2015-2016), Member of Council, Subcommittee Chairs - Inconsistencies between Wills and Trusts, and Will Contests issues


  • Connor-Zaritsky Advanced Estate Planning and Estate Administration Seminar, Planning Committee (2019 to present)


  • Fairfax Bar Association, Wills and Trusts Section


  • Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council


  • Virginia State Bar, Wills and Trusts Section, member of Board of Governors (2002 - 2008)


  • Adjunct Professor, Antonin Scalia School of Law, George Mason University, Trusts and Estates, Spring 2023 and Spring 2024


Civic Organizations

  • Falls Church Anglican Church (member of Vestry, member of real estate board, current Finance Committee Chair, former Chancellor)


  • Fairfax City Rotary (1998 to present) (former Board member, Rotarian of the Year 2003, Paul Harris Fellow, Service Above Self Award 2016, former Interact Club Representative)


  • Trinity Christian School (member of Board of Trustees, member of Finance Committee)


  • Truro Church - former member of Vestry (board)


  • Sudan Sunrise (former member of Board)


Speaking Engagements

Tom has spoken at numerous continuing legal education seminars for Virginia Continuing Legal Education, the Fairfax Bar Association, and the Arlington Bar Association on various topics concerning estate planning and estate and trust administration. The complete list can be found here:



Publications

  • Maximizing the Basis of Difficult-to-Value Assets in Non-Taxable Estates Without Getting Into Trouble, Virginia State Bar Trusts and Estate Section Newsletter, Spring 2015 (Co-Author)


  • Wills & Revocable Trusts: Functional Equivalents, Construed Differently, Virginia State Bar Trusts and Estate Section Newsletter, Summer 2016 (Co-author)



  • Drafting the Trust, Estate Planning in Virginia, Virginia CLE Publication, 6th Edition, Co-Editor