Thomas M. Farace, Esq., CPA, CFP®
President and CEO
585-263-1447
Fax 866-947-1450
tfarace@npfa.com
Thomas Farace focuses on financial advisory services, income tax planning, estate and gift tax planning, and family wealth planning. He is also a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP, where his practice includes business succession planning, corporate, partnership, and S-Corporation taxation, and international tax planning.
Mr. Farace was formerly a partner in the multidisciplinary professional services firm of Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was head of its Tax Division in the Rochester office, in charge of private client services in the Stamford, Connecticut, office, and was an associate director of the Andersen Center for Family Business. He also held the position of designated person of Andersen Investment Advisory Services.
Education
Cornell University, J.D.
Rochester Institute of Technology, B.S., Accounting
Admissions
Mr. Farace is licensed as a certified public accountant in the State of New York and is a Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and before the United States Tax Court.
Affiliations
Mr. Farace is a member of the New York State and Monroe County (former treasurer) Bar Associations; member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants; treasurer and board member of the Legal Aid Society; member of the Estate Planning Council and Financial Planning Association; chair of the Ellingson Society (planned giving) of the Rochester Institute of Technology; and member of the United Way Finance Committee.
