Jim Head represents individuals and owners of closely held businesses in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, fiduciary litigation, tax, gift and estate tax controversy, business planning, charitable giving, and general business law matters. He regularly structures and implements business succession and transactional strategies for privately held companies, business owners, government contractors, and entrepreneurs to build, preserve, and transfer the value of their companies and personal net worth. Jim also represents banks and fiduciaries in state courts throughout Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia with respect to all areas of trust and estate disputes, including breach of fiduciary duty, will and trust interpretation, will contests, lost wills and trust modifications.
Jim Head represents individuals and owners of closely held businesses in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, fiduciary litigation, tax, gift and estate tax controversy, business planning, charitable giving, and general business law matters. He regularly structures and implements business succession and transactional strategies for privately held companies, business owners, government contractors, and entrepreneurs to build, preserve, and transfer the value of their companies and personal net worth. Jim also represents banks and fiduciaries in state courts throughout Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia with respect to all areas of trust and estate disputes, including breach of fiduciary duty, will and trust interpretation, will contests, lost wills and trust modifications.
Having a passionate interest in art, Jim also advises collectors of art and antiques in the areas of purchases and sales, auction and dealer consignments, appraisal issues, conservation and restoration, art insurance and charitable giving. In 2014, he was appointed to George Mason University’s School of Art Advisory Council, which works closely with the School of Art director and faculty to provide consulting and advice and support fundraising initiatives.
He is a member of the Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit, as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Virginia. Jim is the president of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council, and he is a member of the Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council. He holds membership in the American Bar Association’s Section on Taxation and the bar associations of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Jim is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Trusts & Estates and Tax Law (2016-present), and he is listed in Virginia Super Lawyers and Washington D.C. Super Lawyers for Estate & Probate Law (2018-present). He has been included in several editions of Who’s Who in America, including from 2013 to 2016, and in Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders for 2007. He was honored to be listed in the 2005-2008 editions of Who’s Who in American Law. In addition, Jim was listed in Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine in 2007.
He received a Master of Laws in Taxation degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2000 and graduated with honors in 1995 from the George Washington University National Law Center. While in law school, Jim was the managing editor of The Environmental Lawyer. He is a 1992 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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05.07.2020
35 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers List; 13 Named 2020 Rising Stars
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04.20.2020
Signing Estate Planning Documents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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04.17.2020
7 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2020 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers List
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12.19.2019
Jim Head Appointed President of the NVEPC
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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06.06.2019
Jim Head Interviewed on CBS This Morning About Missing Painting of James Montgomery Flagg
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04.19.2019
7 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2019 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers List; 2 Named 2019 Rising Stars
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04.10.2019
47 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers List; 17 Named 2019 Rising Stars
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11.21.2018
Jim Head Article on Portrait Artist Howard Chandler Christy Published in U.S. Capitol Historical Society's Capitol Dome Magazine
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08.15.2018
110 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in Latest Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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04.23.2018
5 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2018 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers List; 2 Named 2018 Rising Stars
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04.18.2018
53 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2018 Virginia Super Lawyers List; 20 Named 2018 Rising Stars
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08.14.2017
114 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2018
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10.04.2016
Forbes Interviews Jim Head About New Biography on Howard Chandler Christy
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08.15.2016
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2017 Best Lawyers in America
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06.21.2016
Jim Head Prepares to Release New Book About America's Most Famous Jazz Age Painter
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04.29.2016
“Party Like It’s 1999” - But Don’t Forget to Create an Estate Plan
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08.17.2015
106 Williams Mullen Attorneys named 2016 Best Lawyers in America
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03.05.2014
Obama Administration Announces Gift Tax Annual Exclusion Proposal
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03.03.2014
Tax Court Rules on Built-In Gains Discount and Appraiser Qualification
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12.30.2013
Jim Head talks art and artist Howard Chandler Christy in the Washington Post
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08.11.2011
IRS Provides Guidance on Procedures for Election Out of Estate Taxation and Filing Form 8939
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07.29.2011
North Carolina Substantially Revises Procedural Rules for Estate Matters and Caveat Proceedings and Expands Reach of Non-Claim Statute
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07.20.2011
IRS Expands Trust Fund Recovery Penalty Assessments to Third Party Payroll Providers
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08.07.2008
Challenging an Estate Plan by Proving Incapacity: Akin to a Search for Buried Treasure?
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09.22.2020
Jim Head Appears on Financial Fitness Podcast from The Popovich Financial Group
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09.13.2018
Business Succession Planning for Owners of Closely-Held Businesses
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06.16.2018
Business Succession Planning - Virginia Morticians Association, Northern Virginia District
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02.24.2017
2017 Richmond Fiduciary Focus
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02.08.2017
The Art of Collecting: A Conversation about Collecting, Financing, Protecting, and Gifting Art
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11.29.2016
Fiduciary Litigation War Stories: Minimizing Risk and Solving Seemingly Unsolvable Trust and Estate Problems
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05.24.2016
2016 Not-For-Profit Accounting Conference
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03.10.2016
Wealth Management Presents Business Succession Planning
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02.03.2016
Business Succession Planning
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12.03.2015
27th Annual Non-Profit Accounting and Financial Symposium - UPMIFA
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11.03.2015
Collecting, Protecting and Gifting Art
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09.16.2015
Business Succession Planning Workshop
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03.27.2015
2015 Richmond Fiduciary Focus
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11.14.2014
Panel: Careers After Law School
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06.12.2014
Treasures of the '20s: Appraising and Protecting Your Collection
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02.25.2010
2010 Richmond Fiduciary Focus
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10.15.2009
2009 Raleigh Fiduciary Focus