Alex has more than 35 years of experience in taxation and corporate law. His practice includes tax planning for individuals and businesses, estate planning, and corporate sales and acquisitions. He also represents businesses and individuals before tax authorities and in court on tax matters.
Alex has written and lectured extensively on the fields of tax law, trust and estate law, and corporate law, and was one of the authors of the first treatise on limited liability companies in Virginia.
He is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the field of Taxation, Trusts and Estates, and Corporate Law and in Virginia Business as one of the Legal Elite in taxes/estates/trusts. Alex also has been named in The Roanoker magazine as the valley’s top attorney in the fields of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates by vote of members of the local bar. Alex’s work also has resulted in his being listed in the field of Taxation by Virginia Super Lawyer magazine. He holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review rating.
Alex is a graduate of the University of Virginia and University of Virginia Law School and has a master of law degree in taxation from New York University. He served as law clerk to Judge H. S. Boreman of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals before joining Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black.
Alex has served on the board of the Roanoke Valley YMCA. He has served on numerous other local charitable boards, including the Science Museum of Western Virginia and the Foundation for Roanoke Valley. He is a member and former chairman of the Roanoke College Estate Planning Council, member and former chairman of the Ferrum College Estate Planning Council, member of the Roanoke Valley Estate Planning Council and member of The Jefferson Center’s Planned Giving Council.
Recognition
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WRVB Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year” for Roanoke and Norfolk
August 16, 2022 -
WRVB Attorneys Make Major Showing in Best Lawyers in America
August 16, 2022 -
Forty-four Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers for 2022
August 19, 2021 -
31 Woods Rogers Attorneys Listed as “Legal Elite” and “Rising Stars”
November 30, 2020 -
Forty-one Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for 2021
August 20, 2020 -
“Legal Elite” Ranking Lists 30 Woods Rogers Attorneys
December 10, 2019 -
Thirty-nine Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for 2020
August 16, 2019 -
Virginia Business Names 26 Woods Rogers Attorneys as 2018 “Legal Elite”
December 5, 2018 -
Five Woods Rogers Attorneys Named a Roanoke Lawyer of the Year
August 16, 2018 -
Thirty-nine Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America
August 16, 2018 -
Twenty-four Woods Rogers Attorneys Named by Virginia Business as 2017 “Legal Elite”
December 1, 2017 -
Six Woods Rogers Attorneys Are a Roanoke Lawyer of the Year As Recognized by Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2017 -
Thirty-six Woods Rogers Attorneys Are Recognized by Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2017