Alvi Aggarwal
Phone: (703) 239-4427 | Email: alvi@yatescampbell.com | Business Card: VCF |
Practice Areas
Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration, Business Formation & Succession, Taxation
Alvi is Of Counsel to the firm. Previously, she was a partner, and before that an associate. She decided to become of counsel in the pursuit of work-life balance. She is spending her newfound free time with her family, picking up and dropping hobbies, and making plans to exercise.
As Of Counsel, Alvi works primarily behind the scenes with the other lawyers here. She has experience working on the following types of matters, among others:
- probate and the administration of trusts and estates after a death
- matters before the commissioner of accounts
- the modification and termination of irrevocable trusts
- the design and preparation of estate plans
- wealth transfer tax planning
- the transition of family businesses
- the design, formation, and operation of LLCs, partnerships, and corporations
- guardianships and conservatorships of adults
- premarital agreements
Bar Admissions
- VA 2010
- FL 2011
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, LL.M. Estate Planning, 2010
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2009
- Georgetown University, B.A. (cum laude) Philosophy, 2005
Awards
- Virginia Business Magazine Legal Elite – Estate/Trusts (2019), Young Lawyers Under 40 (2017, 2020)
- Super Lawyers – Rising Star (2018 – 2021)
Articles
- Ostriches, Bureaucracy, and Law Firms, 41 Va. CLE Advanced Est. Planning Seminar, Spring 2020.
- Premarital Agreements, 39 Va. CLE Advanced Est. Planning Seminar, Spring 2018 (co-author).
- Wills & Revocable Trusts: Functional Equivalents, Construed Differently, Trusts & Estates Newsletter, Tr. & Est. Newsl. (Va. St. B. Tr. & Est. Sec.), Spring 2016 (co-author).
- Modifying and Terminating Irrevocable Trusts Under Virginia’s Uniform Trust Code, 34 Va. CLE Ann. Tr. & Est. Seminar (2015).
- Maximizing the Basis of Difficult-to-Value Assets in Non-Taxable Estates without Getting into Trouble, Tr. & Est. Newsl. (Va. St. B. Tr. & Est. Sec.), Spring 2015 (co-author).
- UPMIFA Helping Underwater Endowments, but Governance Practices Need Improvement, 10-05 Fam. Found. Advisor (Civic Res. Inst.), July/August 2011.
Speaking Engagements
- Virginia Developments in Estate Planning and Administration, Presentation at the 40 Va. CLE Ann. Tr. & Est. Seminar (2021).
- Virginia Developments in Estate Planning and Administration, Presentation at the 39 Va. CLE Ann. Tr. & Est. Seminar (2020).
- Ostriches, Bureaucracy, and Law Firms, Presentation at the 41 Va. CLE Advanced Est. Planning Seminar (Spring 2020).
- Virginia Developments in Estate Planning and Administration, Presentation at the 38 Va. CLE Ann. Tr. & Est. Seminar (2019).
- Virginia Developments in Estate Planning and Administration, Presentation at the 37 Va. CLE Ann. Tr. & Est. Seminar (2018).
- Premarital Agreements, Presentation at the meeting of Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council (September 25, 2018) (co-presenter).
- Premarital Agreements, Presentation at the 39 Va. CLE Advanced Est. Planning Seminar, Spring 2018 (co-presenter).
- Estate Planning Essentials: A Practical Approach to Solving Client’s Objectives, CLE Presentation, Fairfax Bar Association, (May 10, 2017) (co-presenter).
- Virginia Developments in Estate Planning and Administration, Presentation at the 35 Va. CLE Ann. Tr. & Est. Seminar (2016).
- Modifying and Terminating Irrevocable Trusts Under Virginia’s Uniform Trust Code, Presentation at the 34 Va. CLE Ann. Tr. & Est. Seminar (2015).
- Modifying & Terminating Irrevocable Trusts under Virginia’s Trust Code, Presentation at meeting of Fairfax B. Ass’n Wills, Tr. & Est. Sec. (November 20, 2014).
Memberships
- Member, Virginia Bar Association, Wills, Trusts & Estates Section Council & Legislative Committee, Young Lawyers Division
- Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)