Independent · Fee-Only · FiduciaryWork directly with our founder — a lawyer by training — to build a conflict-free, holistic plan tailored to your life and grounded in a real relationship.
uilt for you.
About UsThe Blackacre Philosophy:
personal attention with institutional rigor.
In law, "Blackacre" is the classic placeholder for property itself. The name that stands in for the thing worth protecting. I chose it because that's the mandate here: build a permanent, ironclad foundation for your net worth, and manage your balance sheet with the same precision you demand in your own career.
When you call Blackacre, you get the founder. Not a junior associate. Not whoever happened to be assigned your account. The person who built your plan sits across from you in every meeting. That's the point of a boutique.
Your financial life stopped fitting a template years ago. Equity that vests on someone else's schedule. A practice with its own payroll and its own risks. A tax picture that changes every time your career does. Generic advice treats those as separate problems. They aren't.
Blackacre exists to manage them as one picture: institutional-grade investing, proactive tax planning, and estate strategy under a single, unified lens. I am an independent, fee-only fiduciary. I don't sell products, I don't take commissions, and my only loyalty is to your outcome.
Our FounderArya Julian Taghdiri, JD
Founder & President
Arya founded Blackacre Wealth to bridge a massive gap in the industry: the distinct lack of specialized, financial precision available to high-earning professionals, creators, and corporate leaders.
He brings a uniquely formidable perspective — combining a rigorous legal background with deep operational expertise at the frontiers of financial technology and corporate risk management. He holds a Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law and began his career navigating high-stakes commercial matters at Quinn Emanuel, widely recognized as one of the premier BigLaw firms in the world.
Driven by the evolution of global markets, Arya transitioned into financial technology, serving over three years as in-house counsel at a multi-billion-dollar global fintech enterprise. He has built, advised on, and structured complex corporate frameworks, cross-border regulatory compliance models, and sophisticated asset risk architectures. His thought leadership on emerging digital asset and financial frameworks has been published by Harvard Law School, The University of Texas, and other premier academic institutions.
Today, he leverages this multi-disciplinary expertise to build sophisticated, tax-optimized, and fortified strategies for attorneys, doctors/dentists, technology executives, founders, athletes, and families. Having operated under the intense pressure of both BigLaw and corporate executive environments, he understands the financial realities, time constraints, and risk needs of his clients better than any traditional financial advisor.
Strategic Advisor & ConsultantJD Bruce, CPA, PFS
President Emeritus, Abacus Wealth Partners
JD is one of the foundational strategic voices shaping the operational and client-experience standards at Blackacre Wealth. A veteran executive with over two decades of industry expertise, he spent 16 years helping scale Abacus Wealth Partners into one of the country's most respected independent, fee-only RIAs—serving as President and Chief of Innovation. Responsible for all aspects of leadership and management, he guided the firm through a massive phase of explosive growth. Under JD’s leadership, Abacus expanded from 25 to 75 employees, increased its revenue from $5 million to $25 million, grew from 2 to 22 partners, scaled its footprint from 3 to 7 offices, successfully executed 12 M&A transactions, and grew assets under management from $500 million to $4 billion.
16+
Years RIA President
$4B+
AUM
12
M&A Transactions
As an independent consultant, JD specializes in RIA governance, succession planning, and intense growth strategies. He understands exactly what it takes to ensure that growing quickly and changing fast will never decrease the focus on creating a deep and meaningful client experience.
At Blackacre Wealth, JD acts as an invaluable corporate strategist and sounding board. His perspective fortifies the firm's foundational design—ensuring our planning methodologies, compliance hygiene, and service standards mirror those of the nation's elite multi-family offices. For our clients, his role means your wealth strategy is built with an entrepreneurial edge, but stress-tested by decades of proven execution at the highest levels of the industry.
Every dimension of your financial life, under one fiduciary roof.
From day-to-day planning to multi-generational strategy, we manage the full picture — so the pieces work together rather than in isolation.
Financial Planning
Focus areas: Cash flow optimization, long-term planning, purchase modeling, and balance sheet tracking.
Wealth Management
Focus areas: Asset allocation, institutional-class fund selection, disciplined rebalancing, and global diversification.
Risk Management
Focus areas: Asset protection review, liability analysis, corporate structure alignment, and volatility stress-testing.
Retirement
Focus areas: Distribution sequencing, Social Security optimization, longevity modeling, and tax-efficient withdrawals.
Insurance Strategies
Focus areas: Independent policy audits, disability and life review, long-term care integration, and cost optimization.
Tax Planning
Focus areas: Tax-loss harvesting, equity compensation (ISOs/NSOs/RSUs), asset location, and annual forecasting.
College Planning
Focus areas: 529 plan optimization, cash flow matching, financial aid strategy, and multi-generational gifting.
Clinical Practice & Medical Group Services
Focus areas: Cash Balance plan implementation, practice retirement infrastructure, tax-deferred savings acceleration, and business entity structural alignment.
Venture & Private Market Integration
Focus areas: Private stock valuation tracking, secondary market liquidity planning, venture allocation monitoring, and concentrated risk modeling.
Estate and Legacy Planning
Focus areas: Trust and will alignment, beneficiary designation reviews, estate tax minimization, and legacy structures.
Rigor. Precision. Fiduciary Clarity.
01 / FIDUCIARYInstitutional-Grade Management
No Products. No Commissions. Full Stop.
We operate under a singular fiduciary standard — no proprietary funds, no insurance quotas, no hidden incentives. Every recommendation exists solely because it serves your net worth, not ours.
02 / INTEGRATIONConflict-Free by Design
Every Decision, Connected
Tax, investments, insurance, estate, and practice structure don't live in separate silos — they interact. We architect your entire financial picture so each decision reinforces the next, not works against it.
03 / CLIENTELEAn Ironclad Net Worth
Built for the Complex Earner
From equity compensation and dental practice cash flows to venture allocations and estate transitions — we serve clients whose financial lives don't fit a standard template, and require an advisor who won't pretend they do.
Who We ServeSpeak with a
fiduciary.
A more deliberate approach to managing complex wealth begins with a single, conflict-free conversation.
