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The Vander Laan Law Firm’s strength, in addition to offering a broad range of legal services in Nevada and California, is the unique life, professional experience and expansive education of its managing member, Natalia K. Vander Laan, Esq.. Natalia has been working in the legal services industry for over ten years. Natalia was born and educated in Poland. There, in 2004, she received her first law degree, in Civil Law, after successfully defending her 140 page legal dissertation. With her admiration of the Common Law system and its application in the United States, Natalia boldly left the comfort of her friends and family and the security of her country and embarked to California to follow her dream of a legal career in the United States. In 2007 she enrolled in the nationally accredited McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. While being a full time law student, Natalia supplemented her legal education with concurrently holding a full time position as a paralegal, an invaluable opportunity she used to gain extensive legal experience by assisting in a wide variety of case litigation from class action lawsuits to personal injury, medical malpractice, and nursing home abuse. In 2011 Natalia received her second law degree, having graduated as a member of the Dean's List and the Traynor Honor Society. Two months later, Natalia sat for and passed the California Bar Exam.. Natalia continued her legal career as in-house counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Her aptitude as an attorney resulted in her consistently attaining favorable outcomes of intricate, complex and often difficult to win cases and issues. This success was quickly noticed by the supervising attorneys and with confidence they depended on her to handle, on average, a load of 100 cases independently as well as serve as a mentor to law clerks. Each case was different, yet each one was equally important to Natalia. In managing each of her cases, she provided counsel to her clients, prepared case strategy, carried out the discovery process, and conducted settlement negotiations. Fighting for the equitable and fair treatment of her clients, Natalia became experienced in the preparation, presentation, and argument of cases and motions during hearings before judges. To continually provide her clients with the legal representation they deserve, Natalia continues her education by staying current with legal, medical, and scientific issues and promotes the creative use of technology to improve the quality of her legal services rendered.. Natalia relocated to Minden, Nevada in late 2013 to be with her husband and near her in-laws. In early 2014 she sat for and passed the Nevada Bar Exam. Natalia quickly became an active member of the Carson Valley community and enjoyed participating in local events offered by its thriving localities. Having experienced the friendliness of the residents and having sensed the strong bond present within the community, Natalia opened her own practice to service the needs of the community of which she has become a part of and wishes to grow with.. At the Vander Laan Law Firm, Natalia offers Nevada and California clients her professional and trustworthy legal services in various areas of law including estate planning, family law, personal injury, Workers' Compensation, and business organization and management.. The educational and professional paths traveled by Natalia combined with her personal journeys, challenges, and triumphs showcase her commitment, perseverance, ambition and determination to succeed and have shaped and developed her into the well-rounded individual and professional that she is. Natalia always fervently applies her individual and professional strengths to the best interests and needs of the clients whom she represents in her legal practice.

I was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho.  I attended law school at Gonzaga University and graduated in the spring of 2008.  I took the Nevada Bar in July of 2008, and was admitted to the Nevada Bar that fall.  I clerked for the Honorable David Gamble from the September of 2008 through August of 2009.  Since 2009 I have worked for Nancy Rey Jackson, Houghton Jones, APC, and most recently Heritage Law Group, PC.  I have focused my practices on Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Business, Probate, Guardianship, and Bankruptcy.  In addition to planning, I litigate in those areas as well.. I began my own firm, Millward Law, Ltd., on April 1, 2017.  The focus of my firm is "planning."  Be it estate planning or asset protection planning. I establish plans for my clients to help them meet their goals and aspirations for the future.

I am a Partner at Grant Morris Dodds. In addition to handling the estate planning needs for some of Nevada’s and Southern Utah's wealthiest families, I also regularly speak and write on the topics of trusts and estates, taxation and asset protection.  I am also on faculty at the Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business, at Southern Utah University, where I serve as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Law, and teach graduate and undergraduate classes in law and taxation.. I have an AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubble and have also been recognized as a Mountain States (NV, UT, MT, ID and WY) Rising Star by Super Lawyers®. I was named as one of Nevada’s “Legal Elite” by the Nevada Business Magazine, recognizing me as one of “Southern Nevada’s Top 100 Attorneys,” as well as being named as one of the “Top Lawyers” for Estate Planning by VEGASINC, a weekly business magazine, recognizing him as one of the “Best of the Best in Southern Nevada.” I was also named to Desert Companion’s “Top Lawyers” list for Estate Planning.. I graduated from Southern Utah University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting (Magna Cum Laude), from the University of Utah with a Master of Accountancy, and from the University of Houston with his Doctor of Jurisprudence.. Before attending law school, I worked for the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche, in its Salt Lake City offices.. It is very important to me to give back to the community. I am Chairman of both the Gift Planning Council for Philanthropies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Southern Utah University Legacy Council.  I've also served terms on the National Advisory Board for the Southern Utah University Dixie Leavitt School of Business and as Chairman of the Nevada State College Foundation Board, and was on its board for 10 years as a general board member. Moreover, I was a Trustee for the Henderson Community Foundation, sat on the Vegas PBS Planned Giving Council, served as founding Chair of the Gift Planning Advisors, and was a board member of the Kasner Family Foundation.. I am licensed to practice law in Nevada and Utah.

Dara Goldsmith was born and raised in Southern California. At the age of 16, Dara started college at California State University Northridge and at age 20 earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics with an emphasis in Finance. While at Northridge, Dara pledged Alpha Phi. She was very involved in on campus activities and was honored to be selected the University's 25th Homecoming Queen. After graduating from Northridge, Dara attended law school at Pepperdine University School of Law. While at Pepperdine, Dara became interested in furthering her education in taxation. Upon earning her Juris Doctor from Pepperdine, Dara took the California bar examination and thereafter moved across the country to attend the University of Miami where she earned her Masters in Tax Law (LL.M.) While attending the U, Dara took and passed the Arizona bar examination.. After graduating from the University of Miami, Dara moved to Las Vegas to take the Nevada Bar Exam, her third bar examination. Dara began her legal career in Las Vegas in 1991 practicing law with a prominent law firm before joining forces with Marjorie Guymon to establish Goldsmith & Guymon in 1996. In 2002, Dara successfully passed the Hawaii bar examination.. Dara has always believed in giving back to the community. As a new lawyer, she got involved with the Clark County Bar Association where she chaired the Trial By Peers program for a number of years before being elected to the Executive board where she ultimately served as President of the Clark County Bar Association in 2000. Dara served on the Nevada Community Foundation from 1996 to 2008 and was the Chairperson for three years. During that period, Dara was elected by her peers to serve on the State Bar of Nevada's Board of Governors from 2001-2009. After completing 8 years on the Board of Governors, Dara was appointed to serve on the Nevada Law Foundation/Justice League of Nevada where she is currently serving as Chairperson.. Dara was awarded the Lloyd D. George Award of Professionalism in 2007 presented by the Clark County Bar Association and State Bar of Nevada, an honor that she is very proud of receiving. Additionally she holds an AV Preeminent rating which is the highest rating as voted by her Peers and recognized through Martindale Hubbell.. When Dara is not busy with her legal and community service pursuits, she may be found in the swimming pool. Dara is a competitive swimmer on Las Vegas Masters Swim Team and competes in swim meets throughout the country. She has also completed more than 12 half marathons, numerous sprint and Olympic distance triathlons, and her first half Ironman Triathlon, California Ironman in 2013. Since then she has competed in two others and had completed her first marathon in 2015.. Dara is married to Michael Goldsmith. They have two teenage sons with whom they enjoy traveling to exotic places and participating in family adventures, like running races, open water swimming, and hiking to wonderful destinations like the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru and the Top of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

My legal career began in 1990, where I spent three years with a prominent Las Vegas law firm before deciding that I could better serve my clients by forming my own law practice. With a Master of Laws in Taxation and CPA designation (certified in Illinois only), I have served my diverse and high-profile clientele with professionalism, drive, and mutual respect.. At the Law Offices of David A. Straus, we concentrate our legal practice in trusts, estates, corporate and business planning-with an interest in asset protection-charitable planning, and entertainment and media law.. Progressive, Cutting-Edge Estate Planning in Nevada. I am not the average Las Vegas asset protection and estate planning lawyer. I inspire, motivate, and teach my clients to transfer core values and principles for living, as well as material wealth, through estate planning.. We are committed to seizing ongoing responsibilities and opportunities to enhance the reputation of attorneys and the legal profession in all that we do, and have built our practice to provide job security in a team-based partnership mode of shared responsibility and mutual caring.. My legal practice is client-focused and concentrated on estate, tax, charitable, and asset protection planning. I am a hands-on estate planning attorney, artfully designing customized, all-encompassing estate plans for all of my clients.. We promote self-growth and continued learning to keep ourselves on the cutting edge of our field and to achieve greater fulfillment in our lives. We also use our work as a means to promote good in society and to give back to our community.

I aspire to providing a service that will truly benefit you and your heirs by making certain that your planning will be fully effective from a legal and practical standpoint. My goal is to make your estate secure and to make you and your heirs very happy that you hired us, both now and in the years to come.. I live and work in Las Vegas, Nevada with my wife and daughter.  I have two older daughters as well.  When I am away from the office, I enjoying spending time with my family, playing tennis and basketball, running, weight lifting, skiing, scuba diving, traveling, reading, and  watching movies.

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.

The lawyers at Jeffrey Burr help people protect their assets from lawsuits, minimize their tax liability and reduce or eliminate the costs and hassles of the court probate process.

Collins Hunsaker is the Las Vegas office managing attorney for Jeffrey Burr, Ltd., and has focused his practice in the areas of estate planning, asset protection, and taxation. Collins is a graduate of Brigham Young University, having obtained a degree in Political Science (BA). Collins earned his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Chapman University School of Law. Upon the completion of his J.D., Collins continued at Chapman University School of Law and obtained a Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.).Collins is a regular speaker to professionals such as certified public accountants and attorneys seeking continuing education on topics of estate planning, asset protection, and taxation.Collins was the recipient of two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for high grade honors in the study of Tax Exempt Organizations and Income Taxation of Trusts, Estates, and Beneficiaries.Collins is licensed to practice law in Nevada.. The State Bar of Nevada does not certify attorneys as specialists in Estate Planning and Probate.

i am currently working as a Senior Wealth Planning Strategist at Wells Fargo Private Bank.  This position allows me to utilize my experience as an estate planning attorney to assist bank clients with their estate planning goals in coordination with their own estate planning attorney.. When I'm not at work I enjoy spending time with my wife, son and daughter.  In our free time we enjoy traveling together and engaging in outdoor activities such as golf, biking and hiking.

John Paul Michaelson is the owner and managing partner of Michaelson Law. Since joining the firm in 2003, he has enjoyed helping thousands of clients build and protect their businesses and estates. John is an active member of WealthCounsel, ElderCounsel, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys – all organizations that are dedicated to fostering excellence in the legal community or service. Previously, John also served as president of the Nevada WealthCounsel Forum and general counsel for of the Veterans Action Group, a local nonprofit organization. John also chaired the Elder Law Section of the Nevada State Bar from June 2007 to July 2008.. Prior to his time at Michaelson Law, John worked as an associate attorney at DLA Piper, a top international law firm. While there, he specialized in labor and employment litigation, primarily in federal court. John also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Johnston, United States District Court for the District of Nevada.. John was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 2001. Earlier that same year, he received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Utah. While in law school, John was a senior staff member of the Utah Law Review and co-founder of the Law Students for Children, an advocacy organization for abused, neglected and underprivileged children. He has continued his advocacy for the youth by being an active scouter in the Boy Scouts of America and by maintaining his pledge as an Eagle Scout to serve the community, both young and old.. Before attending law school, John worked for over two years as a securities broker for Fidelity Investments with trading experience in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and options. He graduated from Utah State University in 1996 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Finance.. John met his wife, Regina, while attending Utah State University. They have been happily married for nearly 30 years and have four beautiful children. John enjoys motorcycles, camping, and going to movies with his family in his spare time.

Carli is from a quaint California beach town called Dana Point. She moved to Las Vegas in 2009 to complete her undergraduate degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Carli graduated from UNLV in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. After working for many years in the high-end travel and leisure business, she decided to pursue law. In 2015, Carli graduated from the William S. Boyd School of Law with a juris doctor degree.. After law school, Carli worked as a law clerk for a District Court Judge in the Eighth Judicial District Court, where she gained a deep understanding of Nevada’s judicial system. After Carli completed her clerkship, she accepted an attorney position at a law firm in Henderson. She held this position from 2016 until 2020, when she started Sansone Law. In addition to being a licensed Nevada attorney, Carli also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from UNLV's Executive MBA program.. Carli’s vast experience in high-end customer service and her years of legal practice allow her to provide exceptional personalized service to her clients to ensure they feel important and cared for every step of the way. Additionally, the knowledge Carli gained from the EMBA program provides Carli a competitive edge that allows her to better understand her clients’ position and goals.. In her free time, Carli loves to hang out with her husband, their two young daughters, and their Great Dane. They can frequently be found at the gym, out on a long walk, or relaxing at home.

Attorney Harriet H. Roland holds a B.S. in Accounting, and an M.B.A. in taxation. She earned her law degree from the University of Denver College of Law. After working for several of Nevada’s well-known law firms, Attorney Roland established the Roland Law Firm in 1997. She worked on a select bar committee formed to work with the legislature to amend Nevada's trust and probate laws. In addition, Attorney Roland is an active member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and served as chair of the Elder Law Section of the Nevada State Bar.  Her extensive experience and training enables her to synthesize all the various aspects of elder law, Medicaid eligibility probate, estate planning, estate taxation, asset protection and trusts. Attorney Roland has obtained admittance, from the Nevada Bar, the Colorado Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Tax Court.. Harriet works with her clients, not just for them, providing timely, accurate and efficient legal guidance and service to meet their objectives within their budget.  She is experienced in working with clients that require highly personalized and private legal services relating to their elder law, Medicaid eligibility, estate planning and trust administration concerns.  She also provides individualized assistance to clients who are dealing with brokerages, transfer agents, and financial institutions in order to transfer assets to trusts, family partnerships, and other estate planning entities.. At Roland Law Firm, the entire legal team focuses on assisting their clients who are facing legal issues in estate planning, estate and trust administration, probate, tax planning, elder law, and Medicaid planning and eligibility for Medicaid benefits.. The firm assists clients with strategic planning to obtain optimal results protecting thier their assets, their security, and the future of their estates.. The Roland Law Firm provides fast responses to all inquiries -- call or email us today.

In addition to assisting with the planning and administration of the estate of some of the wealthiest Southern Nevadans, I enjoy giving back to the community through my involvement with the Rotary Club of Green Valley, church, and youth groups as my own children have grown up through the years. I enjoy hiking, biking and the occasional 5 K race.

Vincent is a graduate of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he received his Juris Doctorate (JD) degree, which is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree.. He's a member of State Bar of Nevada, and its Probate and Trust Law, Business Law, and Intellectual Property Law sections.. Vincent is licensed to practice before all the courts, state and federal, in the State of Nevada.. His professional background is in the music ('RockStar' explained), film, and motorsports industries, which have allowed him practical experience understanding of the importance of protecting business operations and intellectual property, such as trademark, trade secrets, and copyright.. He has also cared for aging and disabled family members, which gives him experience with the ins-and-outs of dealing with life challenges in these stages, and the importance of professional planning for smooth, private transitions in the inevitable future.. He's been involved in various businesses and industries as an entrepreneur since his first business, which was a newspaper route at age twelve.. Vincent made Southern Nevada home, with his family, in 2001. Prior to that he lived in Southern California, and grew up in Queens, New York.

At Smith & Shapiro, our vision is to be the premier provider of Estate, Probate, Asset Protection, Corporate Formation, and Trust and Will services for our clients in a responsive, timely and cost-effective manner.. The law offices of attorneys Gregory S. Smith and James E. Shapiro provide. Estate planning services:. Business services:. Litigation services:. Gregory S. Smith is also a Certified Public Accountant ensuring the structure, safety, security and protection of your assets.. We handle Legacy Matters, because your legacy matters.