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Hi, I’m Shannon Borden. I am a great attorney because I am not only experienced, but I also truly care about my clients and their legal experience with me. I’ve acquired expertise in business & commercial law, transactions, labor & employment law, as well as estate law, including probate. I constantly strive to provide sound counsel, leveraging my legal experience and MBA to develop strategies to resolve legal challenges and position my clients for ongoing success. I am proud to assist my clients in achieving their business and estate planning goals. In my free time I love to read, hike, ride motorcycles and go camping with my wonderful husband and our three pooches.. I was inspired to practice law by my grandfather who had one of the first international law firms in Las Vegas.. Fun fact: I was a professional Muay Thai fighter in my 20’s.

I graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and a Minor in Korean. We have offices in Nevada, California and Utah and our firm helps clients throughout the country.

Recognized by Vegas, Inc. as one of Southern Nevada's top lawyers, David C. Johnson has over 25 years of experience in Probate and Trust law.. David has earned the prestigious AV peer-reviewed rating from Martindale-Hubbell, their highest honor given to an attorney, for his knowledge and ethics in a given field.. David is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Section. In addition, he is a member of the State Bar of California, and the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council.. Mr. Johnson has served as the Adjunct Professor at the Community College of Southern Nevada. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law, California in 1988 and his Bachelors in Arts from Brigham Young University, Utah in 1983.

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.

Mr. Rushforth has a wife of 46 years, six children, and 24 grandchildren, and he has been practicing law in the field of trust and estates since 1978.  His career started in Utah, but he has practiced in Nevada since 1981.  For decades, he has been active in the Legislative Committee of the Probate and Trust Section of the State Bar, and in that capacity, he has assisted in the drafting of Nevada law relating to trusts and estates.. Mr. Rushforth is an afficionado of computers and all things electronic.  He is also a licensed Ham radio operator (K7LTR).  He and his wife usually have annual passes to Disneyland.

Richard A. Oshins is a member of the Las Vegas law firm of Oshins & Associates, LLC where he concentrates in tax and estate planning with a substantial emphasis on multi-generational wealth planning particularly with regard to closely held businesses.  He is regarded as one of America’s top estate planning lawyers advising wealthy clients throughout the United States. Mr. Oshins is also an advisor and consultant to many of the largest financial institutions in the United States. He has been listed in both The Best Lawyers in America and Martindale-Hubbell's list of Preeminent Lawyers from their inception, and has been honored as a recipient of the “Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner” award by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.  He received a J.D. degree from St. John’s School of Law, and holds an M.B.A. degree in taxation with honors from the University of California at Berkeley, and a LL.M degree in taxation with honors from George Washington University School of Law.  Prior to coming to Nevada, Mr. Oshins served as a law clerk for the United States Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. and as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department, in Washington, D.C.  That office reviews and assists in the development of tax regulations, rulings and other tax matters, and takes part in the presentation of the Treasury Department’s recommendations for federal tax legislation before Congressional tax committees.  He is on the Advisory Board of the NYU Institute on Federal Taxation, the Editorial Board of Estate Planning Magazine, Advisory Board of CCH and the Attorney Advisory Board for Merrill Lynch Trust Company.Mr. Oshins has lectured extensively on innovative tax and estate planning strategies and is the author or co-author of many articles including the Journal of Taxation, Trusts and Estates, The Tax Executive, Estate Planning, C.L.U. Journal, Real Property Probate & Trust Journal, NYU Institute on Federal Taxation, Southern California Institute on Federal Taxation, CCH Financial and Estate Planning, Community Property Journal and Tax Notes. He is an author of the “Practitioner’s Strategies” column of the CCH Estate Planning Expert Library which provides practice-focused commentary on hot topics, emerging issues and trends pertinent to practitioners in the field of estate planning and related fields.

A native of Las Vegas, Brittni graduated from the University of Arizona,magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Brittni then returned to Las Vegas and attended law school at UNLV where she was involved in moot court competitions and externed for the Nevada Supreme Court.. Following law school Brittni clerked for the Honorable Ronald Israel in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada and later practiced civil litigation. Presently, Brittni practices in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, probate, and guardianship, general business matters and civil litigation.. Outside of the office, Brittni enjoys spending time with her husband, son, and two dogs, as well as hiking and traveling. Brittni is licensed in Nevada.

Greg has been practicing law in Nevada since 2008 and in California since 2010. Throughout his career, Greg has worked at both large and small law firms in Nevada and California, including one of California’s premier estate planning firms, and in the estate planning department of one of Nevada’s largest law firms. Greg previously operated his own estate planning practice, and most recently worked as a legal director for Charles Schwab Trust Company in Nevada, where he advised Schwab’s trust administration team and worked with attorneys across the country to draft various types of trusts for their clients. Greg has also worked as a law clerk for the claim legal group of a national insurance company, as a tax intern for one of the “Big 4” accounting firms, and spent several years as general counsel and a general manager for several family-owned businesses.. Greg graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in 2004. He received his Master of Accountancy (MAcc) in Tax from the Marriott School at Brigham Young University in 2005. After completing his undergraduate and graduate studies at Brigham Young University, Greg enrolled in law school at University of California Hastings College of the Law, where he received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, with an emphasis in tax. Greg passed the Florida Certified Public Accountant exam and became a CPA in 2005 (currently inactive status), and was admitted to practice law in both Nevada (2008) and California (2010).. Greg served a two-year church service mission to Santiago, Chile, where he learned to speak Spanish fluently. Greg has been married to his wife, Natalie, for nearly two decades, and they are the parents of two sons. Greg enjoys serving in his church, playing pickle ball and most of all, spending time with his family.

Mr. Richardson is one of a few attorneys in Las Vegas with extensive litigation experience and expertise in probate, trust and guardianship matters, and in particular, elder competency and undue influence situations, financial exploitation of the elderly, disinheritance, transfers of titles, validity of wills, and prosecuting or defending claims of breach of duties by executors, guardians or trustees. He has represented numerous automobile and recreational vehicle dealerships in administrative matters, franchise disputes and lemon law claims.. Mr. Richardson began his legal career as a police legal advisor and assistant city attorney in Overland Park, Kansas, and later moved to Las Vegas where he served as chief of the fraud division for the Clark County District Attorneys Office. Mr. Richardson has served as lecturer for the National Business Institute and the Las Vegas Metro Police Department’s Police Academy.