Partner
T: +1 804 775 1023
F: +1 804 698 2132 jogrady@mcguirewoods.com
Gateway Plaza
800 East Canal Street
Richmond, VA 23219-3916
Private Wealth Services
Trust and Estate Administration
Estate Planning
Fiduciary Litigation
John's practice concentrates on estate and gift taxation, generation-skipping transfer taxes, estate planning, estate administration, and fiduciary litigation. He is a fellow of
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and past chair of the Virginia State
Bar Trusts and Estates Section.
He has served as an adjunct professor at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the
College of William and Mary where he taught estate planning and wealth transfers. He has also taught estate planning, and estate and gift taxation at Virginia Commonwealth
University.
• Advising family businesses on succession planning.
• Preparation of estate planning documents.
• Preparation of estate, gift and generation-skipping tax returns.
• Advising corporate executors and trustees.
• Settling fiduciary disputes.
• Handling audits of estates, gift and generation-skipping tax returns.
• William & Mary Law School, JD, Order of the Coif, 1985
• University of Michigan, BA, magna cum laude, 1981
• Virginia
• Named a “Notable Practitioner,” Private Wealth Law, Band 3, US
Nationwide, Chambers HNW Guide, 2016
• Selected for inclusion in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Wealth
Management: Eastern Region, Nationwide, Virginia, Chambers USA, 2012-2016
• Named to “Virginia Super Lawyers,” Estate Planning and Probate, Tax, Super
Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2008-2016
• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Trusts & Estates,
Tax Law, Trust and Estates, Woodward and White, 2003-2012, 2014-2017
• Named to "Legal Elite,” Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law, Virginia Business Magazine,
2004-2015
• Speaker, New Developments in Tax and Wealth Planning , October 22, 2015
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• Speaker, "Issues In Decanting and Related Planning Opportunities" and "Avoiding
IRS Audits and Defending Oneself in an Audit," Be a Road Warrior, Not Road Kill:
Issues Confronting Fiduciaries , October 2015
• Speaker, "An Estate Planner's Perspective on Recent Developments - The Year in
Review," 41st Annual Recent Developments in the Law: News from the Courts and
General Assembly, June 18, 2015
• Speaker, "Recent Developments in the Law," 43rd Annual University of Richmond
Estate Planning Seminar, May 13, 2015
• Speaker, Heckerling Update, Professional Advisory Council ("PAC"), February 19,
2015
• Speaker, Recent Developments, The Estate Planning Council of Richmond,
February 3, 2015
• Speaker, Current Developments - Tax Update, Baltimore Estate Planning Council,
January 28, 2015
• Speaker, Recent Developments, Virginia Beach Estate Planning Council, January
20, 2015
• Speaker, "Welcome and Introduction," New Developments in Tax and Wealth
Planning , October 22, 2014
• Speaker, "Investment Decisions Including Issues with Closely Held Businesses
Facing Trustees" and "Fiduciary Litigation Update," What You Do Not Know Can
Hurt You , October 7, 2014
• Speaker, "Federal Tax Law Updates and Planning Opportunities," New
Developments in Tax and Wealth Planning , Wednesday, October 30, 2013
• Speaker, "Recent Tax Developments," "Planning in Light of the 2012 Tax Act," and
"Fiduciary Litigation Update," Surmounting the Current Challenges: Issues
Confronting Professional Fiduciaries , October 10, 2013
• Speaker, "The New World of Estate Planning After the 2012 Tax Act," 41st Annual
Estate Planning Seminar , University of Richmond, May 21, 2013
• Speaker, Who’s on First? Issues Confronting Professional Fiduciaries , The Fiduciary
Advisory Services Seminar, co-presented by the Fiduciary Education Center,
October 9, 2012
• Speaker, Taxation Conference
• Speaker, Estate Planning Seminar
• Speaker, "Recent Tax Developments," Baltimore Estate Planning Council
• Speaker, Advanced Estate Planning and Administration Seminar
• Speaker, "Recent Developments in the Law," Virginia CLE, June 2012
• Speaker, Virginia Conference on Federal Taxation, University of Virginia, June
2011
• Speaker, The Trust Advisors Forum
• Speaker, Edward Jones CPE/CLE Broadcast
• Speaker, Financial Planning Association of the National Chapter, May 2011
• Speaker, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers
• Speaker, Richmond Apartment Owners Association
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• Member, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Past Chair; Board of Governors, Trusts & Estates Section, Virginia State Bar
• Member, Legislative Committee, Trust and Estates Section, Virginia Bar
Association
• President, The Anne Carter & Walter R. Robins, Jr. Foundation
• Vice President, The Windsor Foundation
• Advisory Board, VCU Massey Cancer Center
• Member, The Cecil and Edna Hopkins Foundation
• Member, The Gertrude M. Conduff Foundation
• President, Maymont Foundation, 2001-2002
• Member, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, American Bar Association
• Member, Estate Planning Council of Richmond, Virginia
• Member, Trust Administrators Council
• Member, United States Law Firm Group, Inc.
• Board of Trustees, Commonwealth Catholic Charities/Commonwealth Human
Services Foundation
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