Kevin Bender is a tax attorney with experience in a vast range of federal tax matters. His clients include businesses, tax exempt organizations and high net worth individuals. Kevin advises partnerships, closely held corporations, and their owners on a variety of transactions including formations, reorganizations, recapitalizations, mergers, asset sales, entity selection and specialized tax planning opportunities such as taking advantage of qualified small business stock. Additionally, he advises on the formation and operation of a variety of tax-exempt organizations, including private foundations, public charities, social welfare organizations, fraternal lodge organizations and many others. He also provides tax planning and advice to existing exempt organizations. Kevin advises high net worth individuals and fiduciaries with income and transfer tax planning, including the creation and administration of trusts and the administration of large estates. He also represents clients in tax disputes before the IRS and the United States Tax Court.
Kevin Bender is a tax attorney with experience in a vast range of federal tax matters. His clients include businesses, tax exempt organizations and high net worth individuals. Kevin advises partnerships, closely held corporations, and their owners on a variety of transactions including formations, reorganizations, recapitalizations, mergers, asset sales, entity selection and specialized tax planning opportunities such as taking advantage of qualified small business stock. Additionally, he advises on the formation and operation of a variety of tax-exempt organizations, including private foundations, public charities, social welfare organizations, fraternal lodge organizations and many others. He also provides tax planning and advice to existing exempt organizations. Kevin advises high net worth individuals and fiduciaries with income and transfer tax planning, including the creation and administration of trusts and the administration of large estates. He also represents clients in tax disputes before the IRS and the United States Tax Court.
Kevin is a frequent writer and speaker. He has taught numerous continuing-legal-education programs, spoken at the American Bar Association Section of Taxation National CLE Conference, and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Forensic and Valuation Conference. He has also published articles on estate tax, generation-skipping transfer tax, payroll tax and federal tax valuation. He serves as an editor of the American Bar Association’s Probate and Property law journal.
In addition to practicing law, Kevin is a small business owner and award-winning filmmaker. Before becoming an attorney, he was an accountant and financial analyst for a large multinational financial services company.
Kevin obtained his law degree from William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia (his hometown), where he graduated summa cum laude and received the John E. Donaldson Award for best tax student. He received his undergraduate degree, with Distinction, from the University of Virginia.
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06.02.2022
Williams Mullen Represents Large Propane and Refined Fuels Distributor in Sale
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11.05.2020
Bender Authors ABA Article on Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
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10.29.2020
Estate Planning Inflation Related Adjustments for Tax Year 2021
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08.03.2020
Williams Mullen Welcomes Tax Attorney Kevin Bender
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08.04.2015
Giving the Average Investor the Keys to the Kingdom
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02.25.2022
13th Annual Fiduciary Focus
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01.26.2022
Mastering GST Elections and Reporting: Minimizing Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Through Indirect Skips
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10.20.2021
VSCPA Forensic and Valuation Virtual Conference
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10.14.2021
Update on Proposals to Change the Transfer Tax Laws
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09.29.2021
Recent Developments in Federal Tax Valuation
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06.08.2021
Spring Tax Forum 2021
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02.26.2021
12th Annual Fiduciary Focus
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10.01.2019
Tips to Avoid Becoming the Subject of Fiduciary Litigation
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10.01.2018
Fiduciary Case Law Update: What Planners (and Clients) Need to Know
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10.01.2017
Portability: 7 Years Later
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09.01.2017
Recent Self-Employment Cases and Planning Implications