E. Graham McGoogan Jr. Counsel

• Private Wealth Services
• Trust & Estate Administration
• Transactional Tax
• Family Business & Family Office Services

• North Carolina

Selected for inclusion, Private Wealth Law, Band 3, North Carolina, Chambers HNW Guide, 2018

Named the "Lawyer of the Year," Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers, 2020

Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, Woodward/White, Inc., 2007, 2009-2020

Named to "North Carolina Super Lawyers," Estate Planning & Probate, Tax, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2007-2016

Named to "Legal Elite," Tax/Estate Planning, Business North Carolina, 2007, 2010

AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Recipient, Gold medal for highest grade in North Carolina for Uniform Certified Public Accounting Examination, November 1973

• Author, N.C. Supreme Court: Income Taxation of Out-of-State Trust Is Unconstitutional, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, June 18, 2018
• Author, New North Carolina Law Allows Fiduciaries Access to Digital Assets, but Only If ..., McGuireWoods Legal Insights, August 5, 2016
• Author, North Carolina Court of Appeals Affirms the Unconstitutionality of a State Income Tax on a Non-North Carolina Trust, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, July 8, 2016
• Author, North Carolina Changes Trust Code and Permits “Living Probate”, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, August 19, 2015
• Author, North Carolina Court Holds Statute Taxing Trust Income Unconstitutional, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, May 1, 2015
• Author, North Carolina Ties Surviving Spouses’ Rights to the Length of the Marriage, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, November 20, 2013
• Contributor, "Making Sense of the 2010 Estate Tax Legislation," CCH Financial and Estate Planning, June 2011
• Author, IRS Publishes Partial Guidance for Executors of 2010 Decedents, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, August 8, 2011
• Co-author, "Carryover Basis: The Essentials," CCH Financial and Estate Planning, March 2011
• Author, Recent Fiduciary Cases of Interest to Corporate Fiduciaries, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, July 8, 2010
• Author, Recent Fiduciary Cases of Interest to Corporate Fiduciaries, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, June 1, 2010
• Author, Recent Fiduciary Cases of Interest to Corporate Fiduciaries, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, May 3, 2010
• Author, Crawford Supply Group, Inc. v. LaSalle Bank, N.A. 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4691 (N.D. Ill. 2010), McGuireWoods Legal Insights, March 11, 2010
• Author, California Trust Case: Steinhart v. County of Los Angeles, 2010 Cal. LEXIS 869 (Feb. 4, 2010), McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 17, 2010
• Author, Recent Fiduciary Cases of Interest to Corporate Fiduciaries, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 16, 2010
• Author, California Trust Case: Rudnick v. Rudnick, 179 Cal. App. 4th 1328 (December 2, 2009), McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 5, 2010
• Author, California Guardianship Case: Suleman v. Superior Court of Orange County, 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 8 (January 8, 2010), McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 5, 2010
• Author, California Trust Case: Chatard v. Oveross, 179 Cal. App. 4th 1098 (Nov. 30, 2009), McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 4, 2010
• Co-author, "Estate Planning in Uncertain Times," CCH Financial and Estate Planning, Report No. 362, Vol. 3, 33,351, February 2010
• Author, Recent New York Fiduciary Cases, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, January 21, 2010
• Author, California Trust Case: King v. Johnston, 178 Cal. App. 4th 1488 (Nov. 9, 2009), McGuireWoods Legal Insights, January 20, 2010
• Author, California Trust Case: Presta v. Tepper, 179 Cal. App. 4th 909 (Oct. 28, 2009), McGuireWoods Legal Insights, January 20, 2010
• Author, Illinois Fiduciary Case: Citizens National Bank v. Kids Hope United, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, January 14, 2010
• Co-author, "Estate Planning In Uncertain Times: The Impact of the Repeal of the Estate Tax and What You Need to Consider," January 1, 2010
• Author, "Inadvertent" Repeal of the Estate Tax, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, December 18, 2009
• Author, Recent Virginia Fiduciary Case - Harbour v. SunTrust Bank, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, December 16, 2009
• Author, Trust Provision Mandating Drafting Attorney's Consent Prior to Modification Upheld, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, December 2, 2009
• Author, Recent Fiduciary Cases of Interest to Corporate Fiduciaries, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, October 22, 2009
• Author, FLPs & LLCs in Recent Cases, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, September 29, 2009
• Author, Estate Tax Proposals from the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, March 30, 2009
• Author, Stimulus Bill Reduces Tax Burden on Companies that Restructure Debt - But May Complicate Tax Planning, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, February 13, 2009

• The University of North Carolina School of Law, JD, with honors, 1974
• Davidson College, BA, cum laude, 1971

Member, North Carolina Bar Association

• Speaker, "Trust Situs Selection Considerations," New Developments in Tax and Wealth Planning, September 12, 2019
• Speaker, "What an Estate Planner (or Professional) Ought to Know about Tax Exempt Status," New Developments in Tax and Wealth Planning Seminar, April 25, 2017
• Speaker, New Developments in Tax and Wealth Planning, McGuireWoods LLP Seminar, April 19, 2016