Gilbert L. Carey Jr.

Gilbert Carey is an attorney and certified public accountant who practices in the areas of Taxation, Tax Resolution and Controversy, and Estate Planning, solving tax, business, and legal challenges for individuals, privately held businesses and their owners. He has been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America® for tax law and as one of the Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia for tax.

Mr. Carey regularly advises clients on tax matters and represents clients in tax disputes with the IRS, state tax agencies, and in U.S. Tax Court. He provides income tax planning and compliance advice to individuals, trusts, estates and business owners. He also works with business owners to develop business succession strategies as part of a comprehensive estate and wealth preservation plan.

Mr. Carey is a graduate of Northeastern University and Albany Law School. He is licensed to practice in Virginia, Georgia, Massachusetts, and New York, before the U.S. Tax Court and the U. S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.

He previously served as general counsel to private manufacturing companies and was a tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston where he advised privately held businesses on a wide array of tax matters. Immediately following law school, Mr. Carey was a personal law clerk to Hon. Lawrence E. Kahn, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York.

In addition to his professional practice, Mr. Carey teaches and lectures on accounting, business, tax, and estate planning. He served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Albany Law School in Albany, NY (2002 – 2017) and at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, VA (2014 – 2017).