John Dedon is a principal in the firm with the Trust, Estate & Tax Planning practice group. As an estate planning, business, tax and wealth preservation attorney, he has been in private practice since 1984. His practice focuses on preserving wealth for individuals and business owners from estate and income tax, potential creditors, and probate costs.

Techniques including family partnerships, irrevocable trusts, dynasty trusts, cryonic preservation trusts, defective trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts and charitable planning often play a key role in the wealth preservation planning. He also provides solutions for clients wanting to preserve assets for special needs beneficiaries, such as children with handicaps, children with failing or failed marriages, and children requiring incentives to succeed on their own.

Mr. Dedon has been quoted extensively in newspapers throughout the country including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. Mr. Dedon has written numerous articles for professional journals and publications on tax issues, and speaks on tax matters and wealth preservation issues for health care providers, certified public accountants, lawyers, financial planners and the public. He is also the author of Dedon on Estate Planning (http://www.dedononestateplanning.typepad.com/), a regularly updated discussion of estate planning topics affecting Virginia residents and U.S. citizens.

In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, Mr. Dedon was named among Virginia's "Legal Elite" according to Virginia Business magazine. His inclusion on this list means that he is among those lawyers recognized by his peers as the best in Virginia.

To view a video from John Dedon, click here.

Practice Areas:

• Estate Planning
• Tax Planning and Controversy
• Wealth Preservation
• Asset Protection
• Corporate and Business Planning

Education & Background:

• LL.M. Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, 1984
• J.D., cum laude, New England School of Law, 1982
• B.A., with honors, George Washington University, 1978
• Attorney-Advisor, Judge Randolph Caldwell, Jr., U.S. Tax Court, 1982-1984

Professional Activities:

• Fairfax Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar Association
• Virginia Automobile Dealers Association Education Foundation Advisory Board, Member
• Inova Health Systems, Board of Directors

Articles / Speeches / Presentations:

• "IRS Beneficiary Designations Stretch or Shorten Payout Period," Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 38. No. 2
  
• Capital Gain, Plainly Explained: With planning, real estate sales don't have to be taxed as ordinary income, Legal Times, September 2006
• How to Take It With You: Cryonic preservation trusts help create new possibilities for clients, Legal Times, February 2006
• Wealth Preservation for the Technology Entrepreneur, March 2000

Admitted to Practice:

• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Claims Court
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

John Dedon is a principal in the firm with the Trust, Estate & Tax Planning practice group. As an estate planning, business, tax and wealth preservation attorney, he has been in private practice since 1984. His practice focuses on preserving wealth for individuals and business owners from estate and income tax, potential creditors, and probate costs.

Techniques including family partnerships, irrevocable trusts, dynasty trusts, cryonic preservation trusts, defective trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts and charitable planning often play a key role in the wealth preservation planning. He also provides solutions for clients wanting to preserve assets for special needs beneficiaries, such as children with handicaps, children with failing or failed marriages, and children requiring incentives to succeed on their own.

Mr. Dedon has been quoted extensively in newspapers throughout the country including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. Mr. Dedon has written numerous articles for professional journals and publications on tax issues, and speaks on tax matters and wealth preservation issues for health care providers, certified public accountants, lawyers, financial planners and the public. He is also the author of Dedon on Estate Planning (http://www.dedononestateplanning.typepad.com/), a regularly updated discussion of estate planning topics affecting Virginia residents and U.S. citizens.

In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, Mr. Dedon was named among Virginia's "Legal Elite" according to Virginia Business magazine. His inclusion on this list means that he is among those lawyers recognized by his peers as the best in Virginia.

To view a video from John Dedon, click here.

Practice Areas:

• Estate Planning
• Tax Planning and Controversy
• Wealth Preservation
• Asset Protection
• Corporate and Business Planning

Education & Background:

• LL.M. Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, 1984
• J.D., cum laude, New England School of Law, 1982
• B.A., with honors, George Washington University, 1978
• Attorney-Advisor, Judge Randolph Caldwell, Jr., U.S. Tax Court, 1982-1984

Professional Activities:

• Fairfax Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar Association
• Virginia Automobile Dealers Association Education Foundation Advisory Board, Member
• Inova Health Systems, Board of Directors

Articles / Speeches / Presentations:

• "IRS Beneficiary Designations Stretch or Shorten Payout Period," Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 38. No. 2
  
• Capital Gain, Plainly Explained: With planning, real estate sales don't have to be taxed as ordinary income, Legal Times, September 2006
• How to Take It With You: Cryonic preservation trusts help create new possibilities for clients, Legal Times, February 2006
• Wealth Preservation for the Technology Entrepreneur, March 2000

Admitted to Practice:

• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Claims Court
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia