Andrea C. Chomakos is the Chief Fiduciary Officer of Bank OZK. Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Chomakos was in private practice for over two decades, where she represented high net worth clients with comprehensive and sophisticated estate plans, buying and selling businesses and implementing charitable planning. Additionally, Ms. Chomakos has represented individuals and corporate fiduciaries in a variety of matters, including income tax and litigation related matters.
Andrea is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and has been selected as one of North Carolina’s Legal Elite in Tax/Estate Planning and one of the State’s top 50 female lawyers by Business North Carolina and Super Lawyers by Thompson Reuter’s Legal magazine. She is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics, including charitable planning and income tax planning, planning with partnership and partnership taxation, as well as business succession planning. Ms. Chomakos received her A.B. degree from the University of Michigan; her J.D. degree summa cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and her LL.M. degree in Taxation from New York University School of Law.