USA – NEVADA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Robert E Armstrong, Zach Noland and Ian DeValliere McDonald Carano
McDonald Carano was founded in Reno in 1949 and has grown to over 60 attorneys and government- affairs professionals serving Nevada, national, and international clients from offices in Reno, Las Vegas, and Carson City. McDonald Carano provides transac - tional, litigation, regulatory, tax, trust and estate, and government affairs services and planning to startups,
corporations, private companies, trade associations, non-profits, public entities, high-net-worth individu - als, trust companies, and family offices with interests throughout Nevada. 2025 is the ninth consecutive year McDonald Carano has received the rank of Band 1 in Private Wealth Law by the Chambers High Net Worth Guide.
Authors
Robert E Armstrong is nationally recognised for representation of high-net-worth clients in trust-and- estate, tax, and succession planning, including family trust companies. He is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He graduated from Santa Clara University (BSC), Georgetown Law Center, and New York University with an LLM in taxation. He is a frequent lecturer, a contributor to the drafting and development of trust-and-estate statutory law in Nevada, and ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law by the Chambers High Net Worth Guide.
Zach Noland is an associate in McDonald Carano’s trust-and-estate, tax, and transactional practice groups and is currently enrolled in the New York University School of Law’s Graduate Tax Program. He graduated
from the University of San Diego School of Law and served as a clerk to Chief Judge Michael Gibbons of the Nevada Court of Appeals and Justice Ron Parraguirre of the Nevada Supreme Court.
Ian DeValliere graduated magna cum laude from Notre Dame Law School in 2024 and has returned to Nevada to join McDonald Carano’s trust-and- estate and tax practice groups. Mr DeValliere was a student fellow in
Notre Dame’s Religious Liberty Clinic and represented a variety of non-profit organisations around the country in tax and transactional matters. Before law school, Mr. DeValliere worked for the Nevada State Senate, the White House Domestic Policy Council, and the US Office of Management and Budget.
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