December 5 Estate Planning Council Meeting 

The Speaker:
Farhad Aghdami, Managing Partner
Richmond office, Williams Mullen

The Topic:
“Wealth Transfer Tax Law Changes: What Congress Might (or Did) Do”



Farhad Aghdami is the Managing Partner of the Richmond office of Williams Mullen. He focuses his practice on wealth transfer planning and preservation, business succession planning, and general tax planning. He counsels a wide variety of clients, including high net worth individuals and families, institutional fiduciaries, family offices, and charitable entities.

Farhad is a 1989 graduate of the University of Virginia and a 1992 graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Law. Farhad received his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in 1995. Farhad is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is the Virginia State Chair-Elect of ACTEC. He is listed in The Best Lawyers In America and was named the 2015 and 2018 Tax “Lawyer of the Year” and the 2016 Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers.  Farhad is an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond School of Law and previously taught at Washington & Lee’s School of Law.

Farhad has held leadership positions in many professional organizations, including the Virginia Bar Association Wills, Trusts, and Estates Section (Chair, 2011-2013), Fiduciary Income Tax Committee of the ABA Tax Section (Chair, 2003 to 2005), Estate Planning Council of Richmond (President, 2011-2012), Insurance Planning Committee of the ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Section (Chair, 2003-2004), Trust Administrators Council of Richmond (President, 2004-2005), University of Richmond Estate Planning Advisory Council (Chair, 2004-2009), and Richmond Private Business Study Group (Chair, 2001-2002).