About

Provided by McDonald Carano

McDonald Carano represents high net worth individuals, families, and family-owned businesses located in Nevada, across the U.S., and throughout the world with personal and business interests in Nevada. Our team advises on estate and tax planning (from the simplest of wills to the most complex of irrevocable trusts and probate and conservatorship issues), trust and estate administration, and business succession planning. Our expertise includes uncontested and contested probates, conservatorship, and trust proceedings. We also work on high net worth estate and gift tax returns, represent clients in tax audits and requests for private letter rulings, and advise closely held and family businesses. We also advise financial institutions regarding fiduciary and custodial issues and serve as a trusted advisor on generational skipping transfers, probate, and post-death trust administration. Our attorneys are particularly highly regarded for the formation, operation, and governance of family trust and retail trust companies. We also assist high net worth clients with charitable giving goals, including establishing tax-exempt public charities and private foundations. Nearly all our attorneys have an LL.M. in tax or estate planning and several are licensed CPAs and fellows in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. We also have TEP designation from Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.

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Private Wealth Law - Nevada

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What the Team is Known For

McDonald Carano continues to enjoy a superb reputation for its trusts and estates work. The law firm's attorneys advise on the structuring of business entities, as well as wills and trusts, and also assist with wealth transfer tax planning.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Robert E Armstrong
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Robert E Armstrong
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Robert Armstrong helps businesses and high net worth individuals with the transfer of significant businesses and estates. His work includes the establishment and operation of private and commercial trust companies.

Robert Armstrong is technically proficient and on top of developments in Nevada trust law. He understands what we want for our clients, which makes him user-friendly.

Mr Armstrong has seen everything that can happen in a trust corporation. He is extremely experienced and very commercially sound.

Scott Swain
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Scott Swain
Head of Private Wealth Law
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Scott Swain is a highly capable trusts and estate planner, often leading complex drafting projects for high net worth individuals and their businesses. He chairs the firm's tax and trusts and estates practices.

Scott Swain brings comfort and confidence to all parties involved in whatever the project is. A true leader among leaders. I have yet to find anyone as gifted and confidence-inspiring.

Scott has very good technical prowess and a great breadth of tax knowledge.

All communication and work with Mr Swain has been outstanding.

Ranked Individuals at
McDonald Carano

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Private Wealth Law

Robert E Armstrong
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Robert E Armstrong
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Scott Swain
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Scott Swain
Head of Private Wealth Law
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Members

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Cody Noble

Cody Noble

Lance McKenzie

Mark Knobel

Scott Swain

Scott Swain

Head of Department