Geoff has practiced in the firm’s Norfolk office since 1997 and in the Kitty Hawk office since 2019. He concentrates his law practice in taxation, ERISA, employee benefits, business transactions, real estate, and international business matters.
His taxation practice focuses on corporate taxation, limited liability company issues, and international tax as well as state and local tax.
Geoff’s employee benefits practice concentrates on qualified retirement plans, executive compensation, and welfare benefits including multiemployer plans and governmental plans.
His business transactions practice is geared toward closely held business issues and international transactions. Geoff heads the firm’s real estate practice in the Kitty Hawk office.
Geoff served as a Law Clerk for Special Master Richard B. Abell of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1995-97. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the United States Tax Court.
Attorney Perspectives
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Cultivating a Cannabis Business Under Virginia’s New Marijuana Law
May 11, 2021 -
Extensions for Tax Returns and Payments
March 23, 2020 -
Payroll Tax Credit for Qualified Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency FMLA
March 23, 2020 -
Vandeventer Black Expands Legal Services in North Carolina
June 19, 2019
Speaking Engagements
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McGriff Insurance Seminar | Compliance Review: CAA Reporting & Beyond
April 18, 2023
Recognition
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Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 70 WRVB Attorneys
August 17, 2023 -
26 WRVB Attorneys Named “Top Lawyers” for Norfolk, Coastal Virginia Magazine
January 24, 2023 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
January 1, 2022 -
28 Vandeventer Black LLP lawyers named to 2022 Best Lawyers® list
August 19, 2021 -
Attorneys Recognized as 2021 Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
January 1, 2021 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected as 2020 Legal Elite
November 30, 2020 -
28 Attorneys Named to 2021 Best Lawyers® list
August 20, 2020 -
Twenty-two Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected as 2019 Legal Elite
November 25, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as 2020 Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
November 25, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
December 13, 2018 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as 2018 Legal Elite
December 11, 2018 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Listed as ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ of 2019
August 24, 2018 -
Twenty-two Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as Top Lawyers
December 14, 2017 -
Twenty-two Vandeventer Black Attorneys 2016 Legal Elite Finalists
January 9, 2017