Foster S. B. Friedman

Mr. Friedman concentrates on planning and controversy matters involving estate and trusts. He has extensive experience advising clients on the transfer of wealth from one generation to another, including the orderly and tax-efficient succession of family owned businesses, through the preparation and implementation of Wills, Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Mr. Friedman serves individual clients who seek to transfer assets efficiently to their chosen beneficiaries. As a part of our estate planning services, we also consider the impact of federal income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes on the transmission of wealth. We often help our clients achieve tax savings by establishing trusts for the benefit of family members. We also advise our clients about the many forms of charitable giving that may be used to reduce taxes. Planning of this nature includes providing for the special needs of family members, protecting the family assets, and assuring professional management of these assets. We advise executors and trustees about administration of estates and trusts and guide them in all aspects of fulfilling their responsibilities, including advice on income taxation of estates and trusts as well as gift and estate taxation. We represent clients in resolving will disputes, interpreting wills and trusts, and related litigation. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Foster S. B. Friedman included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell 2016 Legal Elite by Virginia Business Magazine Other Sources of Feedback About Foster S. B. Friedman Included on the 2026Virginia Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2024 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2023 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2022 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2021 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2020 Washington DC Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Law Offices of Foster S.B. Friedman, Alexandria, Virginia, 1992 - 2008
• Rogers & Wells, New York, New York, 1988 - 1991
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Boston, MA, 1987 - 1988

• Alexandria Bar Foundation Beat the Odds, Chair, 2007 - 2008

• New York, 1990
• Virginia, 1991
• Massachusetts, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1992
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1991
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2004

• Alexandria Bar Association, 2007 (Immediate Past President)
• Alexandria Bar Association, 2006 (President)
• Alexandria Bar Association, 2003 - 2005 (Treasurer and Director)
• Alexandria Bar Association, 2000 - 2003 (Chair of Continuing Legal Education)
• Alexandria Bar Association (Judicial Screening Committee)
• Alexandria Bar Foundation (Director, Present)
• Beat the Odds Chair, Steering Committee
• Virginia State Bar, Trusts and Estates Section (Member)
• Bar Council Representative, 18th Judicial Circuit, Virginia State Bar, 2012-2015