Senior Estate Planning Attorney

Job overview

The Senior Estate Planning Attorney role is onsite in Reston, VA. Compensation is not specified. The attorney serves as a senior legal authority within Acorn Financial Services’ integrated stewardship team, supporting complex wealth-transfer planning for high-net-worth clients. The role designs and implements sophisticated estate plans, provides authoritative review of complex legal strategies, and advises clients and internal teams on tax, succession, and asset-protection considerations. It contributes to the firm’s goal of protecting client assets across generations while strengthening the legal and advisory team’s capabilities.

What you'll do

• Design and implement complex multi-generational estate plans, family-business succession plans, charitable plans, and asset-protection strategies
• advise executives and business owners on equity compensation, liquidity events, and business sales
• review and refine legal strategies prepared by junior attorneys and paralegals
• provide final review of complex irrevocable trusts and tax-mitigation structures
• collaborate with managing partners, wealth advisors, and in-house CPAs
• monitor tax-law changes and educate the advisory firm.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior estate planning attorney

reston va

acorn financial services

estate planning

trusts

gift tax law

wealth transfer

family business succession

asset protection

high-net-worth clients

legal leadership

fiduciary oversight

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• The posting describes an elite compensation and benefits package without specifying individual benefits.

Why this role

The posting describes a highly visible leadership role at a fiduciary firm managing more than $1.4 billion in assets, with an elite compensation and benefits package but no numeric pay details.

About the employer

Acorn Financial Services Inc is hiring for this role. Industry: Portfolio Management and Investment Advice. Sector: 52.