McDonald Carano’s Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation Group delivers an abundance of private wealth experience and proven litigation skills throughout Nevada. Our state-specific know-how is undeniably extensive and positions us to assist high net worth individuals and families with complex will and trust contests, inheritance disputes, fiduciary management and other probate litigation matters.
Our Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation Practice is ranked in the highest Tier 1 category in the “Best Law Firms” 2024 report published by U.S. News–Best Lawyers. As the “Best Law Firms” report explains, “achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.” Firms that receive the Tier 1 designation reflect the highest level of respect a firm can earn among other leading lawyers and clients from the same communities and practice areas.
Our work is not limited to disputes. Our Trust & Estates Practice offers clients strategies for avoiding controversies by carefully navigating the estate planning and administration processes, and we provide advice and counsel throughout the life of the matter on the potentially costly impacts and missteps. Our Trust & Estates Practice is also ranked in the highest Tier 1 category in the “Best Law Firms” 2024 report published by U.S. News-Best Lawyers as well as the highest Band 1 category in Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Private Wealth Law.
Our Reno and Las Vegas attorneys’ experience is everything when it comes to overcoming the challenges associated with generational and wealth planning, as trust and estate litigation is a multi-dimensional discipline that often includes a variety of moving parts. This encompasses issues involving fiduciary duty, real estate, tax, family business succession, bankruptcy, and creditor-related matters, and our keen understanding of all these interconnected components is employed in our service to clients. Our Nevada-focused trust, estate and fiduciary litigation prowess, earned over decades of continuous practice, allows us to effectively guide clients through even the most complex or contentious trust and estate controversies, contests, and related litigation claims.
We deliver much-needed skill in practical problem solving, as well as the ability to effectively manage and leverage the opportunities arising in will and trust contests. Our Nevada trust and estate litigation attorneys are formidable adversaries, having repeatedly resolved disputes in which substantial assets are at stake, representing fiduciaries and other parties as defense and plaintiff counsel. We routinely appear on their behalf in arbitrations, mediations, bench trials, jury trials, and appeals in matters involving:
Claims
Will and trust contests
Breach of fiduciary duty
Fiduciary misconduct
Fraud
Financial elder abuse
Adult guardianships
Our experience extends to all aspects of disputes regarding private wealth involving estates, trusts, and adult guardianships. As a Firm, we have practiced in Nevada since 1949, making us well acquainted with the local rules as well as the unique propensities of the Nevada Judiciary.
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 19 areas of expertise in our Reno and Las Vegas offices received the highest “Tier 1” ranking in the U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 17 areas of expertise in our Reno office achieved the highest Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2024 report. “Best Law…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 12 areas of expertise in our Las Vegas office achieved the highest Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2024 report. “Best…
McDonald Carano congratulates Mark Knobel on receiving his 12th “Lawyer of the Year” award from The Best Lawyers in America® for the greater Reno region. In the 2024 edition of…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 15 of our Las Vegas office lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 21 of our Reno office lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and two…
Chambers & Partners produces publications named Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers High Net Worth Guide: Private Wealth Law. Combining the ranking results in both publications among…
McDonald Carano proudly announces the seventh consecutive year that we have received the highest ranking of Band 1 in the category of Private Wealth Law in the Chambers High Net…
McDonald Carano congratulates Scott Swain, Chair of our Trust & Estates Practice, on receiving his fourth consecutive year of Band 1 recognition in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2023….
McDonald Carano congratulates Robert Armstrong for receiving the highest ranking of Band 1 in Private Wealth Law in the 2023 Chambers High Net Worth Guide. 2023 is the seventh consecutive…
McDonald Carano is proud to announce that 11 of our attorneys are recognized as “Super Lawyers” and seven are recognized as “Rising Stars” in the 2023 edition of Mountain States…
McDonald Carano is proud to announce that 11 of our attorneys are recognized as “Super Lawyers” in the 2023 edition of Mountain States Super Lawyers magazine. The list of top…
McDonald Carano is proud to announce that seven of our attorneys are recognized as “Rising Stars” in the 2023 edition of Mountain States Super Lawyers magazine. The list of top…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 17 of our attorneys are recognized as “Top Rank Attorneys” in Nevada Business Magazine’s 2023 list of the State’s top attorneys as voted by their…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that more than half of our Partners, Of Counsel, and Senior Counsel have received the Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating™ for achieving “the highest level…
McDonald Carano is proud to announce that Michael Whittaker has been elevated to Partner, effective January 1, 2023. Michael is a Partner in our Trust & Estates Law practice which…
In an article titled “A Wynn for the Nevada Gaming Commission,” Adam Hosmer-Henner explains the Nevada Supreme Court’s general principle of non-intervention in Nevada Gaming Commission proceedings. Adam’s article is…
On December 7, Northern Nevada Business Weekly announced the results of its 2022 Best In Business contest and three McDonald Carano team members are the three top vote getters in…
Northern Nevada Business Weekly announced the results of its 2022 Best In Business contest and two McDonald Carano attorneys received the two highest numbers of votes in the “Up &…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 10 areas of expertise in our Las Vegas office achieved the highest Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”…
McDonald Carano is an annual Presidential Gold sponsor of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada. Our long-term involvement in EDAWN is led by Matt Addison, Managing Partner of our…
McDonald Carano welcomes James Chisel as a member of our Trust & Estates Practice Group and Tax Law Practice Group. His practice area is focused on the planning, creation and…
McDonald Carano congratulates Bill Magrath on an outstanding achievement of receiving eleven Lawyer of the Year awards in nine years from The Best Lawyers in America. In Best Lawyers 2023,…
McDonald Carano congratulates Mark Knobel on an excellent record of receiving ten Lawyer of the Year awards in five areas of expertise in seven years from The Best Lawyers in…
McDonald Carano proudly announces the sixth consecutive year that we have received the highest ranking of Band 1 in the category of Private Wealth Law in the Chambers High Net…
McDonald Carano congratulates Daniel Aquino, Adam Hosmer-Henner, Chelsea Latino and Amanda Perach on being recognized in the 2022 Mountain States Rising Stars list which covers Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah and…
McDonald Carano congratulates Robert Armstrong for receiving the highest ranking of Band 1 in Private Wealth Law in the 2022 Chambers High Net Worth guide. 2022 is the sixth consecutive…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Scott Swain, Chair of our Trust & Estates Practice, received his third consecutive year of Band 1 recognition in the Chambers High Net Worth guide. In…
McDonald Carano proudly announces having the most attorneys recognized in Nevada Business Magazine’s “Top Rank Attorneys” list for 2022, including four “Best Up & Coming Attorneys.” For the past 15…
McDonald Carano proudly announces earning recertification in Meritas, the leading global alliance of independent full-service business law firms. McDonald Carano joined Meritas in 1990 as a founding member and we…
McDonald Carano proudly congratulates Pat Lundvall, Chair of the Commercial & Complex Litigation Practice, and Leigh Goddard, Chair of the Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation Practice, for achieving the prestigious…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 17 Practice Groups in our Reno and Las Vegas offices have received the prestigious “Tier 1” ranking in the 2022 edition of the “Best Law…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that seven lawyers in our Reno and Las Vegas offices received “Lawyer of the Year” awards in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Over…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Best Lawyers in America recognized seven lawyers in our Reno and Las Vegas offices for their expertise in trust and estate planning and litigation, and…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 11 women lawyers from nine Practice Groups in our Reno and Las Vegas offices have been recognized in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 37 of our lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the leading peer-review…
McDonald Carano is proud to announce that 19 of our litigators in Reno and Las Vegas have been recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2022 in six areas of litigation…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Best Lawyers in America 2022 has named Aaron Shipley “Lawyer of the Year” in Trusts & Estates Litigation for the Las Vegas metropolitan region. Best…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Best Lawyers in America 2022 has named Leigh Goddard “Lawyer of the Year” for the Reno metropolitan region in Labor & Employment Litigation. Best Lawyers…
McDonald Carano proudly announces the fifth consecutive year that Chambers awarded the firm its highest ranking of Band 1 in the category of Private Wealth Law. The prestigious recognition of McDonald…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Chambers USA has awarded Robert Armstrong the highest ranking of Band 1 for Private Wealth Law in the High Net Worth Guide 2021. 2021 is…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Chambers has awarded Scott Swain the highest ranking of Band 1 in Private Wealth Law in the High Net Worth Guide 2021. Scott is Chair…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Partner Adam Hosmer-Henner was selected to The American Lawyer’s inaugural list of “West Trailblazers.” The list consists of a total of 48 attorneys selected from the states…
Women’s History Month is celebrated in March, but all year long McDonald Carano honors the women who lead our practices, provide excellent service to our clients, and assure the professional…
McDonald Carano proudly congratulates Adam Hosmer-Henner, Chelsea Latino, Brian Pick, Brian Schusterman, and Ryan Works for being selected to Nevada Business magazine’s list of “Legal Elite 2021: The Silver State’s…
Las Vegas, Nevada, June 3, 2021 – McDonald Carano LLP is pleased to announce that eleven attorneys from the firm are recognized as 2021 Mountain States Super Lawyers and four…
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