Jeffrey R. Adams

Jeffrey R. Adams: Attorney with Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Attorney Awards
About Attorney Awards

Biography

Memberships & Awards New York State Bar Association Virginia State Bar Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine Jeffrey R. Adams advises businesses and individuals on a variety of matters including business organizations, transactions, and succession planning as well as contracts and commercial law, estate planning, administration and taxation including matters related to tax-exempt organizations.
Among the clients Jeff represents are tax-exempt organizations, retail businesses, large landowners, working farmers, entrepreneurs, professionals and professors. Such clients are often faced with interrelated legal issues, implicating several areas of the law. Jeff brings the broad expertise and experience, as well as the practical wisdom, to provide his clients with comprehensive legal solutions.

Throughout his legal career, Jeff has been a frequent and well received presenter at Continuing Legal Education and Continuing Professional Education seminars, speaking to fellow members of the bar and accountants on matters related to business law, estate planning, and taxation.

Jeff was admitted to the New York bar in 1994 and the Virginia bar in 1999 and has practiced for large corporate law firms in New York and Virginia. He received his Juris Doctorate from Duke University, his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary and his Bachelor of Arts from King’s College.

From 2004 until 2008, Jeff lived in Mukono, Uganda, where he served as general counsel and lecturer in law and theology at Uganda Christian University. The university, an institution of the Anglican Church of Uganda, is the first accredited private university in Uganda and home of the first private law school in Uganda whose students are qualified to join the bar. As general counsel, he advised the university on a wide range of matters, including labor and employment, construction law, litigation, taxation, joint ventures, and real estate. His most important legal accomplishment was his significant participation in the university’s successful application for recognition as a tax-exempt organization, which represented a significant advance in Ugandan tax law.

Jeff is married to Karen (Kuusisto) Adams. They have been blessed with five children.

Memberships & Awards
New York State Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine

Areas of Practice (18)

  • Advance Medical Directive
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate Practice
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Election & Political Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Estate & Trust Administration
  • Guardianship Litigation
  • Litigation (Fiduciary, Estate, & Trust)
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Estate Law
  • Special Needs Trust
  • Tax Law
  • Wills

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
King's College, B.A.
Law School Attended:
Duke University, J.D.
Year of First Admission:
1995
Admission:
1999, Virginia; 1995, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
Memberships:
New York State, Virginia and American Bar Associations.
Birth Information:
Staten Island, New York, November 1, 1969
ISLN:
909686831

Payment Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Available
Other Information
Fixed fees available

Peer Reviews

3.0/5.0 (2 reviews)
Martindale-Hubbell® Notable Rating Badge
  • Legal Knowledge

    3.0/5.0
  • Analytical Capability

    3.0/5.0
  • Judgment

    2.9/5.0
  • Communication

    3.2/5.0
  • Legal Experience

    3.0/5.0
  • 4.8/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 10/21/14 in Estate Planning

  • 2.4/5.0 Rated by a Member on 10/22/14 in Business Transactions

    1) Agreed/approved terms on draft documents only to have prior documents with unapproved terms presented as "final with all changes" at closing. (If it was an honest mistake, he didn't catch it and did not apologize for it.)2) His lack on knowledge a... Read more

    Read more
Peer reviews submitted prior to 2008 are not displayed.

Other Legal Directories

Lawyers Client Review
1.0/5.0 (1 review)
 Client Champion

Will not respond to questions. Not return phone calls. Not responding to letters or emails All in all just terrible I'm looking to file formal complaint with the Virginia Bar Association Wish woul...

See more

Client Reviews Write a Review

Location

Contact Jeffrey R. Adams

Contact Information:

826-223-7348  Phone

540-434-5502  Fax

www.wawlaw.com

Required Fields

Required Fields


By clicking on the "Submit" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, Supplemental Terms and Privacy Policy. You also consent to be contacted at the phone number you provided, including by autodials, text messages and/or pre-recorded calls, from Martindale and its affiliates and from or on behalf of attorneys you request or contact through this site. Consent is not a condition of purchase.

You should not send any sensitive or confidential information through this site. Emails sent through this site do not create an attorney-client relationship and may not be treated as privileged or confidential. The lawyer or law firm you are contacting is not required to, and may choose not to, accept you as a client. The Internet is not necessarily secure and emails sent though this site could be intercepted or read by third parties.