Zoe Speas supports clients as they navigate U.S. state, federal, and international tax questions related to domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings. She contributes to tax planning and compliance matters and helps design tax-efficient frameworks for transactions that span multiple jurisdictions.
In her pro bono practice, Zoe assists nonprofit organizations in obtaining and preserving their tax-exempt status and advises on related federal tax questions. She is also deeply committed to supporting current and former service members through the Firm's Veterans Initiative.
Zoe is the author of "The Fiction of Equitable Distribution: Military Divorce, Disability, and the Dire Plight of the Former Spouse," 82 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 427 (2025) and coauthor of "Regulatory Non-Compliance Increases Exposure to Criminal Enforcement Under the Commodity Exchange Act," 46 Futures & Derivatives L. Rep. 5 (2026).
- Washington and Lee University (J.D. summa cum laude 2025; Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review; Recipient: James W. H. Stewart Tax Law Award, 2025; Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Commercial Law Award, 2025; W&L Law Council Award for Outstanding Student Note, 2024; Scholarship for Excellence in Constitutional Law – Baronial Order of Magna Charta-Magna Carta, 2024); The College of William and Mary (Double B.A. in English and Theater cum laude 2012)
- District of Columbia, Virginia, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Intern to Judge John A. Gibney Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Summer 2023)
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