Bowles Law specializes in helping families control and direct a person’s estate after their death. An “estate” consists of all property owned at the time of death. That property can be reallocated according to rules set forth in a will, a trust, or by state law. These rules are called “Probate” and can vary from state-to-state and even county-to-county. We have over fifty years of experience in probate law. Bowles Law assists our clients in writing wills, administering trusts, and settling complex (or ambiguous) estates through litigation. Let us help you create an estate plan that supports your family, your alma mater, or the charities that are important to you. We can help turn your goals into an action plan that aligns with your wishes for the future.
The Firm regularly assists in tax-efficient transfer of assets to family members and beneficiaries using conventional planning (wills, trusts) as well as unique planning techniques (split interest purchases, tailored powers of attorney, family partnerships, limited liability companies, trust decanting and judicial/family approved trust modifications and/or terminations.
Our expertise is planning, implementation, and administration assistance to conclusion. Advice is also given on difficult decisions involving selection of institutional and/or individual fiduciaries and trust protector arrangements. Bowles Law represents businesses and individuals in fiduciary settlements, shareholder declarations, and related settlements or arbitration.
We represent our clients in will and trust disputes, breach of fiduciary duty questions, will contests, trust construction, spousal equitable estate, difficult tax issues, employee benefit, guardianships and nonjudicial settlement agreements for trust/tax reformations, fiduciary substitution/removals, commissioner of account issues, and defense and protection of trust beneficiary interests otherwise requiring litigation in state and federal courts.
Churchill Bowles was born in Richmond, Virginia, graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (1992) with a B.A. and received a commission in the Army (Reserve) as an Armor Officer. He received his law degree from the University of Richmond Law School (1998), where he was a member of Law Review, Moot Court and Journal of Law & Technology. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Richmond and Virginia Bar Associations, the Trust Administrators Council, and the Richmond Estate Planning Council. Churchill’s practice focuses on trust and estate planning, special needs planning, estate and trust administration, and fiduciary litigation. He has been recognized by his peers in “Virginia’s Legal Elite for Taxes/Estates/Trusts” in Virginia Business Magazine and as a “Rising Star” Virginia lawyer in the fiduciary litigation and planning category of the Virginia Super Lawyers magazine.
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404 West Franklin Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12085
Richmond, Virginia 23241
Phone: (804) 780-0236
Fax: (804) 780-9134
Email: churchill@bowleslawva.