Robert P. Oliver

Robert P. Oliver is an estate planning lawyer serving clients in McLean, Virginia, and Bethesda, Maryland. His practice focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration, elder law, and tax planning. He helps clients preserve wealth, plan for loved ones, address long-term care issues, and guide families through administration. His work supports clients with modest estates and complex estates involving significant assets, advisors, tax concerns, and coordinated advisor planning input.

Robert earned a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law. He earned a B.A. from Arizona State University. His legal education supports a practice that requires technical tax knowledge, careful drafting, and clear communication with families. This background helps him explain trusts, wills, administration duties, asset protection, and planning choices. It also supports practical guidance when clients must coordinate legal, financial, and family priorities with professional advisors and formal documents.

Robert has concentrated on estate planning, estate and trust administration, elder law, and tax matters for nearly two decades. He routinely works with clients referred by financial advisors, accountants, insurance agents, and other professionals. His experience includes preserving wealth, minimizing taxes, protecting assets during long-term care planning, and helping families administer complex estates. He also taught Estate and Gift Taxation and Estate Planning as an adjunct professor for many years.

Robert P. Oliver is admitted in Virginia, Maryland, and Arizona and belongs to bar groups focused on trusts, estates, tax, elder law, and disability rights. His practice reflects technical knowledge, personal concern, and the ability to explain difficult legal concepts in plain terms. By helping clients plan and administer estates with care, he supports family protection, smooth transitions, and practical outcomes during important estate and elder law decisions and needs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Oliver Law, P.C.
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Arizona
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Fairfax Bar Association
• Member, Southern Arizona Estate Planning Counsel
• Member, Wealth Counsel

Licensed State

• Virginia
• Maryland
• Arizona

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Arizona State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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