Howard M. Zaritsky is a Consulting Counsel, with responsibilities for designing estate planning strategies for select wealthy clients. He is a member of the Virginia bar, and a retired practitioner whose practice was limited to estate planning and administration and related tax matters. He has been a lecturer at most major tax and estate planning institutes, including the University of Miami Estate Planning Institute (where he is a member of the advisory committee).

He is the author or co-author of numerous treatises. He is also an editor of Probate Practice Reporter, a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and the American College of Tax Counsel, and a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association.