Sarah Easley Brownlow guides individuals and families through the estate planning process and then assists them with implementing their plans through trust and estate administration. Her practice includes advising on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and sophisticated tax planning techniques typically of interest to high net worth individuals. She frequently represents entrepreneurs and business owners for whom estate and tax planning can have a significant impact on their long-term business viability. She also advises individual and corporate fiduciaries in all aspects of their duties in administering estates and trusts, including litigation and tax reporting matters.

Sarah is licensed to practice law in Virginia and New York. She began her career in New York City at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP and Stroock, Stroock & Lavan LLP. Sarah then worked with the firm of Nixon Peabody LLP in Rochester, New York before moving to Richmond and joining Virginia Estate and Trust Law, PLC. She is rated as a Super Lawyer ®️ for Estate Planning and Probate Law and is the past chair of the Estates and Trusts Law section of the Monroe County Bar Association.

Sarah is a member of the Richmond Estate Planning Council and Trust Administrator’s Council, and is a Trustee of the Endowment Fund for ChildSavers, a local non-profit focused on development and mental health services for children in need.

Sarah is originally from Bay Shore, New York, but has made Richmond her home. She graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance from the College of William & Mary, and received her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.