Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association
The Bar Association of the City of Richmond
Community Involvement
• Mr. Newman has served as a director and trustee for a variety of charitable organizations, as well as being active in a number of civic and political organizations.
William J. Newman Jr. devotes most of his efforts to coordinating the array of tax-related services the firm provides. A CPA as well as an attorney, Mr. Newman has had extensive experience structuring highly sophisticated business transactions. In addition, as the former chair of Christian & Barton's Tax department, he serves as a valuable resource to the firm's tax-exempt bond, real estate and estate planning sections.
Representative Consultation Activities
- Represent individual buyers and sellers of stock and/or assets of businesses.
- Represent business entities in mergers and acquisitions.
- Represent business owners and key employees in connection with the transfer of ownership and control of businesses.
- Represent individuals and business entities before the Internal Revenue Service
- Assist individuals with estate and gift tax planning matters.
- Assist small business owners in the design and implementation of equity based compensation arrangements for key employees.
- Assist small business owners with business succession planning.
- Assist tax-exempt organizations in maintaining tax qualified status.
- Assist professionals in the formation and dissolution of professional partnerships and corporations.
Select Presentations
- Presentations at American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Virginia State Bar seminars on a variety of tax-related topics.