Lawyers / Professionals

 
Thomas S. Word Jr.       
Counsel
One James Center
901 East Cary Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030
T: 804.775.4360
F: 804.698.2211
tword@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Word has practiced tax and fiduciary law and trust banking law for more than 35 years. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. degree in 1959, and from the University of Richmond with an LL.B. degree in 1961. He has extensive experience in advising families on wealth conservation and transfer programs. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and is admitted to practice in Virginia.


Practices & Industries
Honors
  • Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 25+ Years
  • Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," 2007
  • Named One of Virginia's "Legal Elite," Virginia Business, 2006

Professional Affiliations
  • Richmond Bar Association
    • Member
    • President, 1984-1985
  • American Law Institute
  • American College of Trust and Estates Counsel
 

EDUCATION

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, LL.B., 1961

  • Honors: McNeill Law Society
  • Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, B.S., 1959

Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia

 
 

ADMITTED

Virginia 1961

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Christiansburg, Virginia