Gilbert Carey is an attorney and CPA who practices in the areas of Taxation, Business Law and Estate Planning, solving tax and legal challenges for privately held businesses and their owners.
Mr. Carey regularly advises clients on tax matters, including business, trust, estate and personal income taxation; and represents clients in tax disputes with state and federal tax agencies and in the U.S. Tax Court. He also advises businesses on transactional matters and counsels business owners on the development of business succession strategies as part of a comprehensive estate and wealth preservation plan.
Before moving to Hampton Roads and joining Wolcott Rivers Gates, Mr. Carey was engaged in the practice of law with prominent law firms in New York and Atlanta where he worked on tax, business and estate planning matters. He served as general counsel to private manufacturing companies and was a tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston where he advised privately held companies on a wide array of tax matters. Immediately following law school, Mr. Carey was a personal law clerk to Hon. Lawrence E. Kahn, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York.
Mr. Carey teaches and lectures on accounting, business and tax planning matters. He served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Albany Law School in Albany, New York (2002 – 2017) and at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia (2014 – 2017).
Mr. Carey is an Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve where he currently serves as a Rule of Law Team Chief for the 213th Legal operations Detachment. The Rule of Law Team provides guidance and legal counsel to commanders on the international legal framework for rule of law across the full spectrum of military operations, both along and beyond the conflict spectrum.
Mr. Carey is a graduate of Northeastern University and Albany Law School. He is licensed to practice in Virginia, Georgia, Massachusetts and New York.
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Formation
- Estate Planning
- Trusts, Wills
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Initial consultation fee waived if retained.
- Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
- ID Number: 835152
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- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
- ID Number: 651581
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4025839
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- Virginia
- Virginia State Bar
- ID Number: 97858
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- United States Tax Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Counsel
- Wolcott Rivers Gates
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- Counsel
- Asbury Law Firm
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- Counsel
- Fusco & Carey, PLLC
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- Adjunct Professor of Law
- Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
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- Adjunct Professor of Law
- Albany Law School
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- Tax Consultant
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
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- Law Clerk
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
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- U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
- Military Art and Science
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- Albany Law School
- J.D. (2001) | Business Law
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- Northeastern University
- B.S. (1993) | Dual Major: Accounting & Finance
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- Coastal Virginia Top Lawyers 2023 (Tax Law)
- Coastal Virginia
- Bronze Star
- United States Army
- Bronze Star Medal for service in Iraq
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- United States Army
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Unit Award)
- United States Army
- Iraqi Campaign Medal (Two Campaign Stars)
- United States Army
- Virginia Bar
- Trusts and Estates Section Board of Governors
- Current
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- Hampton Roads Estate Planning Council
- Member
- Current
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- American Bar Association
- Member, Tax Section
- Current
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- Virginia Society Of CPAs
- Member, Editorial Task Force
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- Georgia State Bar Association
- Member
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- American Institute of Certitified Public Accountants
- Member, Tax Section
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- Virginia State Bar
- Board of Governors, Trusts and Estates Section
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- Accounting for Lawyers: Understanding Financial Statements
- Virginia Law Foundation, Virginia CLE
- Charitable and Tax Planning with Charitable Lead Trusts
- Tax Effective Charitable Giving: Charitable Gifting with Retirement Accounts
- Tax Issues for the Elderly and Disabled, chapter contributor: Tax Issues for the Elderly and Disabled
- Business Law Updates: Use of Force Majeure Clauses During the Pandemic
- Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Accounting for Lawyers: Understanding Financial Statements, Virginia Law Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA
- Virginia Law Foundation
- A six-hour continuing education course composed of three two-hour sessions, Part I, Introduction to the Financial Statements; Part II, Financial Statement Analysis; Part III, Financial Statement Manipulation.
- Business Law Update, Georgia Society of CPAs Southeastern Accounting Show, Virtual
- Georgia Society of CPAs
- VITA Individual Tax Law, American Bar Association, Robins Air Force Base
- Federal Individual Income Tax Law Course, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, VA
- The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
- Forty hour short course covering all aspects of federal individual income tax law.
- Budgeting and Accounting, Albany, NY
- BOMI International
- Certified Public Accountant
- Massachusetts
- Certified Public Accountant
- Virginia
