Thomas W. Aldous Jr.
Partner
Thomas W. Aldous Jr. focuses on estate taxation, gift taxation, generation-skipping transfer taxation, estate planning, estate administration and trust administration. He advises individual and corporate fiduciaries in matters involving estate and trust administration, tax return preparation, construction of governing documents and governing document reformations.
Mr. Aldous frequently lectures on topics related to estate planning and trust administration. He is a member of the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations and the Virginia State Bar.
Areas of Practice
- Trust and Estate Administration
- Income, Gift and Estate Taxes
- Estate Planning
- Conservation Easements
- Business Formation and Planning
- Tax Exempt Organizations
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 1999
- Colorado, 2007
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1998
- U.S. Tax Court, 2000
Education
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York
- LL.M. - 1999
- University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas
- J.D. - 1998
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: University of Kansas Law Review, 1997 - 1998
- Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
- B.A. - 1995
- Major: Latin American Studies
Published Works
- Knight v. Commissioner and Its Impact On Proposed Regulation §1.67-4, Tax Management Real Estate Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2008
Classes/Seminars
- Sophisticated Financial Tools: Safeguarding Wealth, National Business Institute, 2005
- Drafting Effective Wills and Trusts, National Business Institute, 2006
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Colorado and Denver Bar Associations, Member
- Virginia State Bar, Member
Past Employment Positions
- McGuireWoods LLP, Associate, 2003 - 2007
- Baker & Hostetler, Associate, 2007 - 2009
Pro Bono Activities
- Trust Administration - sponsored by Lorman - July 18, 2006
