Kevin Ghassomian Joins Venable’s Tax and Wealth Planning Practice
Kevin R. Ghassomian has joined Venable LLP’s Tax and Wealth Planning Practice as a partner in both the New York and Los Angeles offices.
The firm said Ghassomian focuses his practice on the personal legal needs of business owners, corporate executives, high-net-worth individuals, and their families. His work involves domestic and international estate planning, with an emphasis on tax minimization, asset protection, business succession, and philanthropy. He also counsels individual and corporate fiduciaries on the administration of trusts and estates, including the preparation of gift and estate tax returns and defense of positions taken on those returns.
Ghassomian previously worked in the New York City headquarters of a global investment company, where he counseled a multinational client base on complex wealth management matters, including foreign and domestic trust planning and related asset allocation strategies.
The firm said Ghassomian is a frequent speaker, a published author, and former professor of law, concentrating his scholarship on estate planning, taxation, and various wealth management topics. He also devotes time to numerous civic and charitable causes, maintaining leadership positions on several nonprofit boards.
Ghassomian received an L.L.M. in taxation from the University of Miami School of Law, a J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law, and a B.A., summa cum laude, in political science from the University of Kentucky, where he received the Vandenbosch Award as the Outstanding Graduating Senior.
