Jerry Jack McCoy

McCoy

Jerry Jack McCoy

(1941-2023)

Jerry Jack McCoy of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of Washington, DC passed away peacefully in Sarasota, Florida on March 26, 2023. Jerry was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 4, 1941. He attended grade school in Indiana, Pennsylvania and graduated from Parkersburg High School in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1959. He obtained his BS in Business Administration from the University of West Virginia in 1963. He graduated from Duke University Law School in 1966 and obtained a Master's in Taxation from New York University Law School the following year.



After graduation, Jerry moved to Washington, DC, and worked as a law clerk for Judge Roald Hoganson at the US Court of Federal Claims. He then joined the law firm of Silverstein & Mullins where he became a partner specializing in charitable tax planning, tax-exempt organizations and estate planning. In 1991, Jerry started his own firm in Washington, DC and retired in 2012. He moved to Sarasota, Florida in 2015.



A noted lecturer and prolific writer on charitable topics, Jerry was a well-known national expert in his field. He was a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and served on the adjunct faculties at Georgetown University Law Center and University of Miami Law School. He was the co-founder and co-editor of Charitable Gift Planning News, a monthly newsletter. He was co-author of the Family Foundation Handbook (2001).



A good friend said about Jerry: "He will be greatly missed. He was a kind, smart and loving person, not to mention funny." A lawyer friend said: "He was a legend in the field of charitable planning." Another lawyer friend said: "Jerry was a lawyer's lawyer, universally cherished and respected by his peers."



He was predeceased by his parents Norris and Martha McCoy as well as his sister Jane. He is survived by his wife, Alexandra Armstrong; his three children, Madeleine Rena McCoy, Allison Norah McCoy and Jonathan Howard McCoy and three grandchildren Ronan Taylor, Zev Dribin and Ezra Dribin.



Celebrations of his life will be held in Sarasota and Washington, DC at a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to the Jerry J. McCoy Scholarship Fund at Duke Law School, 210 Science Drive, Box 90389, Durham, NC 27708-0389 or to a charity of your choice.