Pat is senior tax attorney at Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black (WRVB), having a tax degree and 39 years of experience. Pat’s practice is focused on estate planning, employee benefits and ERISA matters, general tax planning, and exempt organizations. He is licensed to practice in Virginia and North Carolina, sharing time in our Norfolk and Kitty Hawk offices, with regular visits to our Richmond office to assist clients with sophisticated tax planning.
Tax, trust and estate planning, and administration are a major part of Pat’s tax practice. He enjoys assisting families with successful wealth transfer planning and techniques, including the use of family limited liability companies, succession planning, “dynasty” and special needs trusts. Protecting family members while preserving family harmony and saving taxes is the goal. Pat is currently assisting “third generation” members of previous clients’ families.
Pat also assists clients with state and local tax issues, as well as the Virginia Watercraft Tax. For his ERISA pension and welfare benefits, he represents individual Employer-sponsored plans, Taft-Hartly Multi-Employer Plans, and local (governmental) plans.
Pat enjoys contributing to the community through his participation on the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation Board, where he serves as General Counsel.
Pat has also enjoyed being able to serve on the boards, provide counsel to numerous tax-exempt organizations, including the Living River Restoration Trust, Virginia International Terminals, Inc.; Virginia Maritime Association; Pea Island Preservation Society; Corolla Wild Horse Fund; Angel Kiss Foundation; Fisher House of Richmond; Eastern Seaboard Trust; Agena Foundation; Cape Hatteras Electric Membership Corporation; Center for Hope & Healing; John R. Lilliard Scholarship Foundation; Norfolk Medical Society; First Flight Scholarship Fund and the Outer Banks Community Foundation.
Pat was born in Charlotte, NC, and grew up in Northern Virginia, (Falls Church). After receiving his B.S. degree from Virginia Tech, he served in the U.S. Army on active duty and obtained his Master’s degree from George Washington University while living in Lee Hall, Virginia. After obtaining his law and tax degrees, he now enjoys practicing in both Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.(757) 446-8621
Representative Matters
- General Co-Counsel, Hampton Roads Shipping Association; International Longshoremen’s Association of Pension & Welfare Benefit Funds.
- Counsel – numerous retired residents of Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
- Counsel to IBEW local 1340 Maintenance Employees’ Retirement Fund 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan & Trust.
Attorney Perspectives
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Estate Planning for Young Adults
July 29, 2021 -
Estate Planning for Married Couples and Parents
July 29, 2021 -
CARES ACT — Should you take your Coronavirus Related Distribution from your Retirement Plan?
April 13, 2020 -
COVID-19 Isolation – A Good Time to Review Your Estate Planning Documents
March 31, 2020 -
THE NEW TAX ACT AND MY ESTATE PLANS: NOW WHAT?
December 18, 2018
Recognition
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Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 70 WRVB Attorneys
August 17, 2023 -
Thirty-Seven WRVB Attorneys Named to 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List
May 1, 2023 -
26 WRVB Attorneys Named “Top Lawyers” for Norfolk, Coastal Virginia Magazine
January 24, 2023 -
70 WRVB Attorneys Named to 2022 “Legal Elite”
November 29, 2022 -
WRVB Attorneys Make Major Showing in Best Lawyers in America
August 16, 2022 -
Attorneys Selected for the 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 5, 2022 -
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 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected for the 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 7, 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 Listed as ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ of 2019
August 24, 2018 -
Twenty-two Vandeventer Black Attorneys Recognized as Top Lawyers
December 14, 2017 -
27 Vandeventer Black Attorneys Named ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ of 2018
August 22, 2017