Gilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPA

Gilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPAGilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPAGilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPA

Gilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPA

Gilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPAGilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPAGilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPA
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About

Gilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPA

Gilbert Carey is a tax attorney and certified public accountant and is Counsel at The McDowell Law Group. He 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 an Avvo rating of 10 (Superb) and has been recognized as a Top Lawyer of Coastal Virginia by Coastal Virginia Magazine.


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.


Before moving to Virginia and joining The McDowell Law Group, Mr. Carey practiced law with prominent law firms in New York and Atlanta where he worked on estate planning and estate administration, tax litigation matters, and represented taxpayers in tax disputes with the IRS.


Prior to this, he 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). 

Education

Albany Law School, Union University

     J.D., Concentration in Business Law, with Honors

Northeastern University

   B.S., Business Administration with dual concentrations in Accounting and Finance 

 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

     Military Art and Science

Military Service

Mr. Carey is an Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve where he currently serves as the Rule of Law Team Chief for the 213th Legal Operations Detachment.  The Rule of Law Team provides guidance and legal counsel to commanders on the international legal framework for rule of law across the full spectrum of military operations, both along and beyond the conflict spectrum.  The legal framework for rule of law operations includes United Nations Mandates, the Law of Armed Conflict, Treaty Law, Customary International Law, Occupation Law, and Human Rights Law.  


He was previously the Command Judge Advocate for the 1179th Transportation Group; Brigade Judge Advocate for the 411th Engineer Brigade; and served as the Chief Trial Counsel for the 411th Engineer Brigade during the unit’s deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Previously, Mr. Carey was Company Commander of the Headquarters Company, 411th Engineer Brigade.

Professional Licenses and Admissions

  • Admitted to the bars of Georgia, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia 
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia 
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia 
  • Admitted to the U.S. Tax Court  
  • Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 
  • Certified Public Accountant licensed in Massachusetts and Virginia 

Associations

  • Georgia Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar, Trusts and Estates Section Board of Governors 
  • American Institute of CPAs 
  • Virginia Society of CPAs, Tidewater Chapter Board Member 
  • Hampton Roads Estate Planning Council
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars 

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Gilbert L. Carey, Jr., JD, CPA

4445 Corporation Lane Suite 200, Virginia Beach, VA 23462

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