Zach Noland

Zach Noland is an Associate in the Business Entities & Transactions Practice, Trusts & Estates Practice, and Tax Law Practice in McDonald Carano’s Reno office. Zach joined McDonald Carano after serving as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Ron Parraguirre of the Nevada Supreme Court and the Honorable Michael Gibbons of the Nevada Court of Appeals.

Zach’s business-law practice includes all areas of commercial contract and business law, including formation, governance, and operation of corporations, limited-liability companies, partnerships, business trusts, and other statutory entities. He works with owners, shareholders, directors, partners, and senior executives on all types of commercial transactions. He serves a broad range of industries and market segments, including healthcare, telecommunication, lodging, mining, energy, gaming, tourism, entertainment, real estate, construction, manufacturing, retail, and professional services. He serves as counsel to sole proprietors, closely held entities, and publicly traded national and global corporations doing business in Nevada. He has been involved in the purchase and sale of business entities and assets, secured financing of commercial transactions, and representation of commercial loan borrowers and lenders.

Zach’s work in trusts-and-estates law encompasses asset protection and wealth preservation, business continuation and succession planning, charitable tax and trust planning, estate and trust planning and administration, fiduciary and beneficiary representation, foundation and tax-exempt-organization initiatives, and trust modification, reformation, and termination. He also assists with probate, trust, and fiduciary litigation. Zach’s trust-and estate-clients include business founders and owners, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and financial institutions.

During law school, Zach served as a Student Honors Extern in the Office of the General Counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., judicial extern for the Honorable Mitchell Dembin of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, and research assistant for Professor Thomas A. Smith.

• LL.M., Taxation, New York University School of Law
• J.D., University of San Diego School of Law
• B.S., Business Administration, University of Missouri

• Nevada
• California

• The Best Lawyers in America – “Ones to Watch” in Tax Law, Trust & Estates Law, and Corporate Law (2026)
• Mountain States Super Lawyers – “Rising Stars” (2024-2026)
• Nevada Business Magazine – “Best Up & Coming Attorneys” (2026)

• Author, “Nevada Trends & Developments,” Private Wealth Law Guide, Chambers and Partners, July 2025
• Author, “Nevada Trends & Developments,” Private Wealth Law Guide, Chambers and Partners, August 2024

• Member, Washoe County Bar Association