Key Personnel

Anne Stokes (office administrator), Matt Rushforth (office assistant), Layne Rushforth (attorney), Joey Powell (attorney), and Debra Deatherage (legal assistant)

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• Layne Rushforth
• Joseph Powell
• Debra Deatherage
• Anne Stokes
• Matthew Rushforth

Layne Rushforth - Attorney and Firm Principal

 

Layne T. Rushforth.  POSITION: Trust and Estate Attorney. Born Salt Lake City, Utah, October 15, 1951. EDUCATION: Brigham Young University (B. A., cum laude, 1975; J. D., cum laude, 1978). AUTHOR: "An Analysis of the Final GST Regulations: Certain Planning Issues Still Remain", Tax Management Memorandum, BNA, August 15, 1996; "Nevada Estate Planning and Probate Handbook", Nevada Estate Planning Institute, 1983. MEMBER: Utah State Bar; State Bar of Nevada; Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council (President, 1986-1988); Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and Nevada State Chair for ACTEC (2005-present); Advisory Board Member for Nevada Community Foundation. PRACTICE AREAS: Asset Protection; Probate; Estate Planning; Business Formation. Email: layne@rushforth.net (Business Card | vCard)

Joseph Powell - Associate Attorney

Joseph J. Powell.  POSITION: Trust and Estate Attorney; Fiduciary Litigation.; admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2004, Nevada. EDUCATION: California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, California (B. A., Political Science, 1998); Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California (J. D., magna cum laude, 2003). MEMBER: California State Bar; State Bar of Nevada. PRACTICE AREAS: Probate; Estate Planning; Fiduciary Litigation; Business Formation. Email: joey@rushforth.net (Business Card | vCard)

Debra Deatherage - Legal Assistant

Debra D. Deatherage.  POSITION: Senior Legal Assistant. PRACTICE AREAS: Drafting Probate Pleadings; Drafting Estate Planning Documents; Preparing Probate and Trust Accountings. Email: debra@rushforth.net. [Ms. Deatherage is not an attorney or otherwise licensed to practice law.] (Business Card |vCard)

Anne Stokes - Office Administrator

Anne C. Stokes  POSITION: Office Administrator. RESPONSIBILITIES: Word processing, correspondence, bookkeeping, file management; billing, supply and equipment procurement. Email: anne@rushforth.net. [Anne is not an attorney or otherwise licensed to practice law.] (Business Card | vCard)

Matthew Rushforth - Office Assistant

Matthew Rushforth.  POSITION: Office Assistant. RESPONSIBILITIES: Filing, document binding, document storage and retrieval, shipping and mailing, and assisting other personnel with their responsibilities. Email: matt@rushforth.net. [Matt is not an attorney or otherwise licensed to practice law.]

Key Practice Areas

• Estate planning. The firm prepares all types of estate-planning documents, from the basic to the complex, including wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, Nevada asset-protection trusts, and private foundations.

• Business Planning. The firm forms business entities, including corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited-liability companies. We also prepare and review business contracts, buy-sell agreements, and business-succession plans.

• Probate and Trust Administration. We handle probate and trust administration cases of all types and sizes.  We can prepare or assist in the preparation of federal estate tax returns (IRS Form 706), court petitions, and fiduciary accountings.  We can represent fiduciaries or beneficiaries in disputes relating to wills, trusts, and estate matters.
• Other. Mr. Rushforth has been used as an expert witness in probate, trust administration, and legal malpractice cases.  He has also acted as a mediator in a trust dispute.  References are available upon request.

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Appointments

• Consultations by appointment. An appointment is required for all consultations, which can be scheduled between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Call 702-255-4552 or 866-740-9195 to schedule an appointment for an office visit or, if travel to our office is inconvenient, for a telephone conference.
  
  
• Low-Cost Initial Consultation. For most new clients there is a nominal fee ($100) for the initial consultation if the consultation is either in our Summerlin office or via telephone. This usually covers one hour for the initial estate-planning consultation and a half hour for other consultations on other matters. Ask about the fee when you schedule your appointment.


• Out-of-office Consultations. Out-of-office consultations are billable, including round-trip travel time. For an initial consultation that is out of the office, the estimated cost of the consultation must be paid in advance.
  
  
• Review of Documents Prepared Elsewhere. In lieu of an initial consultation, we can review existing estate-planning documents to discuss possible changes, such as updating to conform documents to changes in laws or a change of residence. If you are interested in this, please send an e-mail message to office@rushforthfirm.com or send a fax to 702-255-4677 or 866-740-9197 listing the documents you would like us to review and what you want us to be looking for. We will then contact you to let you know what we can do and what charges might apply. For many clients, we review their existing estate plans and prepare a brief memo for the $100 that would otherwise be charged for an initial consultation.
  
  
• Pre-Consultation Preparation. Before your initial consultation, you may wish to review The Rushforth Firm's Estate Planning Pages, which are written by estate-planning and probate attorney Layne Rushforth, contain information about estate planning, probate, and related matters. Perhaps some of the forms and memos on those pages might be helpful.


• Estate-Planning Update. If we prepared your estate plan, and you wish to update it or review it, you can call to schedule a 15-minute telephone conference (no charge) or a regular office consultation (billable). The need for an office consultation can sometimes be eliminated or the billable time needed for an office consultation can sometimes be reduced if you send us a letter, e-mail message (office@rushforth.net), or fax (702.255.4677 or 866-740-9197) that describes the changes needed and any questions that need to be answered. Once we know what changes need to be made and any other issues that need to be addressed, we can provide an estimate of the charges for the work that needs to be done, and you can let us know whether or not you want us to proceed to do the work.

Our office is in the "Summerlin" area of Las Vegas.

• Town Center & Summerlin Parkway. The office is located east of Town Center Drive, one street north of the Summerlin Parkway.
  
  
• Map and Driving Directions. Click here or on the photo below to open a new browser window with a map.  Then click on the map to input your address and get driving directions.  The entrance to our office is on the west side of the building under the "Nevada Benefits" sign.  The door is marked "Suite 100".  You may park on the west side of the building in any uncovered parking space.  Do not park in a covered parking space.  (The south side of the building has a "Summerlin Financial Group" sign, and the entrance on that side of the building is for Waddell & Reed.  You cannot access our offices through that entrance.)

9505 Hillwood Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134

Fee Payments

To make fee payments:

• You can mail a check to The Rushforth Firm, Ltd., PO Box 371655 Las Vegas, NV 89137-1655.
• You can pay online using a credit card or virtual check by clicking here. (Payments are processed by PayPal without our having your confidential credit card or bank account information.)

Our fee and billing policies are outlined in this memo: "Policies Related to Legal Fees".

Firm Policies

• Our fee and billing policy memo: "Policies Related to Legal Fees".
• Our privacy policy memo: "The Privacy Policy of The Rushforth Firm, Ltd."

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