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The goal of effective counsel is an understanding of the issues, application of legal principals, and good judgment. I have spent nearly a decade developing the skills in each of these areas. After graduating in 2003 from Gonzaga University with a joint JD/MBA degree, I have focused on real estate and commercial litigation in my legal practice. My clients have included a myriad of businesses and individuals - from Fortune 500 companies to individuals and from multi-million dollar disputes to lawsuits concerning a few thousand dollars. And with each of these clients, I have taken the time to apply those skills that bring favorable results.

The firm focuses on whole-person estate and business planning. This means that their passion lies in helping you decide what gets passed on to your loved ones. Financial assets are commonly organized, but Stone Law Offices, Ltd. also assists clients in understanding how they can transfer their intangible wealth, held in values, memories, and an overall legacy. For those needing help with business planning, the team also assists individuals in starting new businesses, and established businesses in their internal administration matters in order to help the company successfully grow.

My practice focuses primarily in trust and estate litigation and small business litigation.  I have represented heirs, beneficiaries, creditors and fiduciaries in contested matters affecting all aspects of trusts and estates, including undue influence, testamentary and contractual capacity, unjust enrichment, forgery, fraud and technical incapacity.  I also handle all aspects of trusts and estate administration.

Mr. Sullivan is the Managing Partner at Chris Sullivan Law Firm.. Following law school, Mr. Sullivan served the Eighth Judicial District Court as Law Clerk to the Honorable Judges Hardcastle, Pavlikowski, Parraguirre and to the then Chief Judge Lee Gates.. Upon leaving the Courthouse, Mr. Sullivan worked for two AV-Rated law firms practicing primarily in the areas of Personl Injury, Criminal, Divorce & Custody, Business Litigation and Real Estate law.. Mr.Sullivan has handled complex cases in courts across America and overseas.. Mr. Sullivan has served on the Board of Directors of various non-profit organizations focused on providing assistance to children with special needs, including:  Project Sunshine, The Society of St. Mary, Building Hope Nevada and Workforce Connection's Youth Council.. Most recently, Mr. Sullivan served as a Specialty Judge in Clark County's Truancy Diversion Program.. Mr. Sullivan offers his serves on a personalized basis to the most discerning clients.

In 2016, at the age of 37, Benjamin P. Cloward became the youngest lawyer in the history of the State of Nevada to be awarded the prestigious “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by the Nevada Justice Association. That same year, he became the youngest member of the Nevada, Las Vegas Chapter of ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates), and at the time was also the youngest person in the State of Nevada to be Board Certified as a Personal Injury Specialist. He has received many additional recognitions including being AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and receiving a perfect 10.0 by . He has been featured in several magazines in Nevada for his accomplishments and hard work.. Just recently, in February of 2020, Ben obtained a $38 million dollar jury verdict, which is believed to be the largest ever negligent security for wrongful death in the State of Nevada and was the 2nd largest wrongful death verdict in the entire United States in 2020. Other verdicts Ben has obtained include a $15 million dollar jury verdict in 2016 on behalf of a family whose disabled son Harvey was allowed to choke to death on a paratransit bus. That verdict was upheld in a unanimous decision after four years of contentious appellate litigation with the final judgment ballooning to nearly $21 million dollars. The defense in that case never formally offered a single penny. After obtaining the verdict, Ben continued working on the safety issue that led to Harvey’s death and with the help of many other people got “Harvey’s Law” passed in Nevada in 2017, which required certain training for all paratransit bus drivers to ensure others were protected. In 2016, Ben also obtained a $12.9 million dollar jury verdict for a family whose life had been altered by a drunk driver that injured the mother and killed the daughter. He also obtained a $10 million dollar settlement for a client who was significantly injured from a fall which resulted in a moderate brain injury. Ben has obtained multiple soft-tissue, low visible property damage jury verdicts including a $2.98 million dollar jury verdict in 2018, a $1,075,000 verdict in 2014 and several 6 figure verdicts where Ben obtained verdicts over 180 times greater than the defense offers prior to trial. Other notable results on behalf of his clients include a $27.5 million settlement against Greyhound Lines Inc. and a $20 million dollar settlement against Jacuzzi Luxury Bath, dba Jacuzzi, Inc. and First Street for Boomers & Beyond, Inc. Also, he recently obtained an $8 million dollar jury verdict against FedEx Ground Package Inc. In addition to obtaining significant jury verdicts, Ben has also been involved in settling over thirty cases for values ranging from $1 million to $10 million as noted above. He has tried to verdict cases in both State and Federal Court in Utah and Nevada.. Ben successfully argued the Khoury v. Seastrand, 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 52 (July 28, 2016) case which was a huge victory for all injured Nevadans because it rejected the Howell-doctrine, which allows negligent people who caused harm to get a discount when they hit responsible citizens who carried personal health insurance.. Ben is a graduate of the famed Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College and believes as does Gerry that “It all begins with you . . .” Ben served on the board for a nonprofit company called the Loa Fund, which focuses on providing financial assistance to those who struggle with addiction to receive help through wilderness therapy and other addiction recovery programs. Ben believes that you can never truly understand another human until you have walked a mile in their shoes and that everyone should be given the benefit of the doubt and a chance to prove themselves. Ben was raised in Salem, Utah. As a young boy Ben earned his Eagle Scout Award and after graduation from high school, he served a volunteer two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Louisiana. He still volunteers in his church and has served in various callings.. Ben attended the University of Utah and graduated in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He began law school at the University of Tulsa, College of Law. After his first year Ben transferred to the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he graduated in 2008. While in law school, Ben received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Teaching Law in the High School, the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Property, and was on the Dean’s List. He also served as the President of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and as a Judicial Intern for the then-State Court Presiding Judge, Gregory K. Frizzell, who is now a Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He also participated as a Note and Comment Editor for the Journal of Land, Resources, and Environment Law, where his Comment, Why has State v. Hutchinson Been Ignored? An Analysis of Why Utah Cities Lack Authority to Exact Water, 28 J. LAND RESOURCES & ENVTL. L. 433, was selected for publication.. Ben’s interests outside of work include spending time with his wife and two beautiful daughters. He also enjoys mule deer archery hunting, bass-fishing, camping and watching the Boston Red Sox

I am passionate about helping my clients and their families to plan for the expected and the unexpected.

I am a partner in the law firm of Solomon Dwiggins & Freer, Ltd., where I focus primarily on fiduciary matters, including probate, guardianship, trust and estate administration and related litigation.  I also negotiate and drafts premarital agreements and have a background in domestic relations law.  I routinely represent professional and private fiduciaries, banks, creditors and beneficiaries having successfully resolved disputes both in and out of court.  I assist trustees, personal representatives and guardians fulfill their legal obligations and find creative solutions to complex administrative matters in uncontested estate, trust and guardianship proceedings.  I also appear before the Probate and Guardianship Courts of the Nevada Eighth District Court.  I both prosecute and defend will and trust contests and litigate issues of undue influence, competency and breach of fiduciary duty.   I am an active member of the Probate and Trust Section of the Nevada State Bar having recently served on the committee responsible for revising the probate rules for the Eighth Judicial District Court. I am also a founding member of the LGBT Law Section for the Nevada State Bar. I currently serve on the Las Vegas Steering Committee for the Human Rights Campaign and on the Board of Directors for NevadaGIVES. I am also a graduate of the 2015 Class of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Las Vegas.

I am a native Nevadan, living in Las Vegas since 1962.  I received formal mediation training in 1986 and since 1990, I have retained status as an Advanced Practitioner with the Association for Conflict Resolution.  My practice focus is on mediation of domestic and family law matters.

For 15 years now, I have focused my practice primarily on probate and trust litigation.  I have represented heirs, beneficiaries, creditors and fiduciaries in matters affecting all aspects of trusts and estates. I also represent and assist personal representatives in handling all aspects of the administration of probate and trust estates. I have experience in handling all aspects of litigation in the state and federal courts, at both the trial and appellate level, including case assessment, motion practice, hearings, discovery, depositions, trial, settlement conferences, mediations and appeals.. Our firm is dedicated to providing legal counsel for those facing disputes arising out of trust and estate matters in Nevada.  We are a boutique law firm that offers a vast range of legal services primarily relating to trusts and estates. Our clients can expect to receive hands-on treatment from our lawyers, as well as individualized attention. We have been successful in reaching settlements through negotiations, as well as in the courtroom. The approach we take to resolving your issue will be fit to meet your particular legal needs.

Brendan Bybee, a native of Las Vegas with deep roots in Nevada, is a Partner with Stone Bybee & Associates. Brendan has been recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in the area of Estate Planning and Probate.. Brendan’s principal practice is in trusts and estate planning where he assists clients in creating and implementing plans that help them control and protect their property during their lifetime, prepare for disability or death, and transfer their property to loved ones without unnecessary litigation or taxation. Brendan helps business owners organize their interests for asset protection and business succession through the strategic use of trusts and corporate entities. He also helps families employ strategies that fulfill their charitable intentions, promote family harmony, and provide for minors and children with special needs in the event of tragedy.

Borg Law Group is a consultative firm that specializes in designing efficient and cost-effective strategies and plans that protect clients and provide them with peace of mind.. While Brooke Borg, Esq., specializes in helping entrepreneurs, she is also one herself. Amidst the worst recession Las Vegas has ever seen – and while pregnant with her second child – Borg left the firm for which she worked and started her own company in early 2010. She focuses her practice on corporate, estate planning and probate law. Because these can all be very personal subjects, she provides one-on-one, approachable and knowledgeable legal services not often found in traditional firms.

Alan D. Freer is a member of the Las Vegas law firm of Solomon Dwiggins & Freer, Ltd., where he focuses his practice primarily on trust and estate litigation. Mr. Freer also handles all aspects of trust and estate administration, and routinely represents beneficiaries and fiduciaries in contested matters.. Mr. Freer is a member of the State Bar of Nevada and serves on the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, where he recently finished serving a term as committee chair.  Additionally, Mr. Freer presently serves as a Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee for the Probate and Trust Section of the Nevada State Bar. Mr. Freer is also a member of the Clark County Bar Association and is licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada and United States District Court for the District of Nevada.