Lance N. McKenzie

Lance McKenzie is a Partner in the Trust & Estates Law Practice Group, focusing his practice on the representation of high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, as well as private family trust companies. He has received TEP designation from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is the author of several published articles, including Private Family Trusts: A Handbook for Advisors.

Mr. McKenzie regularly handles formation and operation of private family trust companies in Nevada, providing clients with long-term asset management and wealth preservation strategies through multiple generations. In working with private family trust companies, he is responsible for the creation of policy and procedure manuals and initial documents, onboarding trusts and ensuring compliance.

Mr. McKenzie also works closely with high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients on strategies to protect and preserve wealth, providing sophisticated estate tax planning and estate administration for individuals and businesses, including strategic planning strategies for asset protection, gift tax planning, probate and trust administration, charitable and private foundations, and business transactions.

Mr. McKenzie’s practice also encompasses transactional work, including entity formations and structuring buy-sell agreements. He is a former adjunct professor in Business Law at the University of Nevada-Reno.

• LL.M. in Taxation, New York University, School of Law, 1998
• J.D., University of Montana, School of Law, 1997
• B.S., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1993

• Nevada
• Colorado
• Florida

• The Best Lawyers in America – Nonprofit/Charities Law (2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Tax Law (2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Trust and Estates (2025-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Business Organizations (2024-2026)

• Volunteer, Lawyer in the Library program hosted by the Washoe County Law Library (monthly program offers unrepresented litigants the opportunity to speak with a lawyer free of charge)
• Former member, Board of Directors, KNBP Channel 5 Public Television
• Former Advisory Board Member, Community Foundation of Western Nevada