Our Professionals
Andrew M. Youhas JD/CPA/MBA
Andrew Youhas is the firm's founder and managing principal. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Richmond in 1996. After two years at a local CPA firm in Winchester, Virginia, he returned to school and earned law and business degrees from the College of William and Mary, with an emphasis on taxation and trusts and estates.
Andrew later joined and became a principal at a regional accounting firm in Falls Church, Virginia, where he served as the head of the firm's 1040 Department and later as chair of the firm's Fiduciary Department. In 2017, Andrew founded Youhas & Associates, LLC.
Andrew's 20-plus years of experience and his qualifications enable him to serve clients in a wide variety of areas, including tax compliance and planning for fiduciary, individual, and business clients. He serves as a tax advisor to private foundations and split-interest trusts, and he consults on estate planning and administration, business startup planning, and retirement planning. Andrew's clients will tell you that he enjoys his work very much, and that he's uniquely able to explain complicated tax concepts and calculations in an easy to understand manner. This is one of the reasons he has been recognized as one of DC's Best Financial Advisors by Washingtonian Magazine and Northern Virginia Magazine. He is also a past president of the Northern Chapter of the Virginia Society of CPAs.
Carrie L. Cornett
Carrie Cornett holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from King College and an Associates of Arts and Sciences in Business Administration from Southwest Virginia Community College. Mrs. Cornett brings her background in regulatory compliance and laser-like attention to detail to the preparation of individual income tax returns.
Nathaniel G. Youhas
The son of a son of a tax accountant, Nathaniel Youhas enthusiastically embraces his role as a third-generation accountant. He excels at all matters mathematical and was the youngest person ever awarded an Amateur Extra ham radio license in Fairfax County, Virginia (KW4XY). Nathaniel has experience preparing accounting worksheets, financial statements, adjusting and closing entries, and payroll records. When not spending his time identifying everyday life's deductions or exclusions from AGI, you will find him solving a Rubik's cube or pounding out Billy Joel melodies on a piano.
Abigail E. Youhas ("Doña")
Abigail Youhas, who goes by Doña, continues a proud family tradition in accounting. Another math prodigy, Abigail was only ten years old when she passed the General Amateur Radio License exam (KM4UAC). Miss Youhas is an organizational wizard who also has experience preparing accounting worksheets, financial statements, adjusting and closing entries, and payroll records. Outside of accounting, Doña enjoys ultimate frisbee, community theatre, and playing with her dog, Shadow.
Isha R. Youhas JD/LLM
Isha Youhas holds a BS from the University of Michigan and a JD and LLM from Duke Law School. She clerked for the Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit before practicing securities law for twelve years as Counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington, DC. While at WilmerHale, Mrs. Youhas specialized in accounting fraud related internal investigations for a variety of domestic and multinational corporations as well as investment advisers and broker-dealers. In these investigations, she worked closely with forensic accountants. Mrs. Youhas currently serves as Youhas & Associates, LLC's general counsel and firm administrator.