Farhad Aghdami is a partner in the Tax Section at Williams Mullen and is the chair of the firm's Business Succession Planning Advisory Team. He works with high net-worth individuals, executives, and business owners primarily in the areas of estate and gift tax planning, business succession planning, general tax and corporate planning, and estate and trust administration.

Education
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. - 1995
Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D. - 1992
University of Virginia, B.A. - 1989

Professional Affiliations
ABA Tax Section, Fiduciary Income Tax Committee, Past Chair
ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Section, Insurance Committee, Past Chair
University of Richmond Estate Planning Advisory Council, Chair
Trust Administrators Council of Richmond, Past President
Private Business Study Group, Past Chair
Task Force on Transfer Tax Reform
Virginia Bar Association - Wills, Trusts and Estates Section, Secretary
Virginia State Bar - Wills, Trusts and Estates Section, Council Member
Estate Planning Council of Richmond, Board of Directors

Awards and Honors
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Listed in "Legal Elite," Virginia Business magazine
Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers magazine - Tax Law

Publications
Lessons Learned: Recent Cases Involving the Uniform Trust Code

Estate Planning Update November 2003

Post Mortem Tax Elections

The Morning After: Tax Planning for Lottery Winners

Structuring Buy-Sell Agreements, Co-Author, with Mary Ann Mancini and Howard M. Zaritsky, published by Warren, Gorham and Lamont (Second Edition)

Effect of Post-Mortem Facts on Claims Against the Estate, 14 Trusts & Estates 18 (May 2004)

Valuation Discounts After Mellinger, Nowell and Lopes, 14 Probate & Property 19 (March/April 2000)

The Supreme Court Decides Hubert - Now What Do We Do? 86 The Journal of Taxation 340 (July 1997)

Deducting Estate Administration Expenses: Effect on Marital and Charitable Deductions, 49 The Tax Lawyer 707 (1996)

Virginia Tax Reporter, Corporate Income Tax Editor

Community Involvement
American Red Cross, Planned Giving Committee, Richmond Chapter
The Community Foundation of Richmond, Director
Leadership Metro Richmond, Class of 2006
University of Richmond School of Law, Adjunct Professor
Washington & Lee School of Law, Adjunct Professor
West Avenue Improvement Association, Former Mayor