About Wake
Wake Buxton built an academic foundation across law and business before settling into estate planning work. He studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, earned a law degree from Regent University School of Law, completed a Master of Laws in Estate Planning and an M.A. at the University of Miami School of Law, and holds an MBA from the College of William and Mary. Those programs reflect both legal training and formal study in finance and management.
His professional record includes a leadership role at TrustBuilders Law Group. He became managing partner there in 2012. That title suggests responsibility for both client matters and the operation of a practice, and he has carried credentialing in finance alongside his legal qualifications.
Buxton's credentials bridge legal and financial regulation. He is an Accredited Estate Planner® and holds multiple FINRA registrations: Series 7, 23, 65 and 66. Those securities licenses are relatively uncommon in law practices and allow him to engage directly with investment and brokerage issues that intersect with estate plans and fiduciary administration.
Those combined qualifications shape how he approaches client work. He advises on estate planning, trust creation, and the administration of estates. He also handles questions about integrating investment portfolios and retirement assets into a coherent plan for wealth transfer. His financial licenses enable him to discuss brokerage, trading, and retirement-account considerations in technical detail, rather than leaving those matters solely to outside advisors.
Colleagues and clients encounter a lawyer whose background mixes courtroom training with industry regulation and corporate finance study. He applies tools from each to draft documents, structure trusts and guide executors and trustees through administration tasks. This includes attention to tax implications, beneficiary designation issues and the mechanics of funding trusts, as well as the record-keeping that fiduciary roles require.
Buxton practices in Virginia and has maintained the professional registrations that allow him to advise on both legal and financial elements of estate planning. He remains managing partner at TrustBuilders Law Group and focuses his current practice on estate planning, trust and fiduciary matters, and the financial dimensions of wealth transfer.
