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Dave Sheehan, MassMedia
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LAS VEGAS – Solomon Dwiggins & Freer, Ltd., a superior Nevada law firm practicing in trust and estate law, was recognized for excellence by Best Lawyers, a national peer-reviewed lawyer-ranking service. The firm received recognition as a 2020 Best Law Firm in Tier 1 Trusts and Estates Law and Trust and Estates Litigation.
Solomon Dwiggins & Freer Partner Mark A. Solomon received 2020 Lawyer of the Year: Trust and Estates Litigation, while Partner Alan D. Freer received 2020 Lawyer of the Year: Trusts and Estates.
Solomon is considered one of Nevada’s premier trust and estate attorneys, focusing primarily on litigation and resolution of contested matters. In addition to his 2020 Lawyer of the Year award, Solomon also received Lawyer of the Year honors in 2017 and 2018 for Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates Litigation respectively. He has represented numerous banks and other professional and private fiduciaries as well as beneficiaries, creditors and purchasers in numerous complex probate matters. He has successfully litigated matters involving claims for undue influence, mistake, lack of testamentary and contractual capacity, fraud and forgery at both the trial and appellate levels.
Solomon graduated magna cum laude and earned his Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara (Calif.) University School of Law. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from San Jose State College in California.
Freer handles all aspects of trust and estate litigation and routinely represents beneficiaries and fiduciaries in contested matters. In addition to his 2020 Lawyer of the Year award, Freer also received Lawyer of the Year honors in 2017 for Trusts and Estates Litigation. He has substantial experience in challenging and defending the validity of estate planning documents including wills, codicils, trusts and amendments. Freer also routinely prosecutes and defends claims including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, undue influence, breach of trust, competency, lack of capacity, unjust enrichment and elder abuse.
Freer graduated summa cum laude and earned his Juris Doctorate from University of Utah College of Law in Salt Lake City. He earned his Master of Arts in English and his Bachelor of Arts in English, Philosophy, Liberal Arts and Sciences from Utah State University in Logan.
Solomon Dwiggins and Freer Managing Partner Dana A. Dwiggins was also named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in 2019 for Trusts and Estates Litigation.
Recognition by Best Lawyers is solely based on an exhaustive peer review and only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a “Lawyer of the Year” award. Best Lawyers has provided this ranking service for over 30 years and has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Those selected to the Best Lawyers lists are recognized in the Best Lawyers publication, The Best Lawyers in America.
For more information about Best Lawyers, visit www.bestlawyers.com.
About Solomon Dwiggins & Freer:
Solomon Dwiggins & Freer, Ltd. serves as a Las Vegas-based law firm dedicated to representing clients throughout Nevada in estate and trust matters. The firm handles a wide range of legal issues involving trust and estate litigation, trust and estate administration, estate planning, asset protection, business planning, business litigation and tax disputes. The firm is led by an experienced legal team comprised of estate and trust litigators, estate planning attorneys and tax attorneys. These attorneys have represented a wide range of clients and have handled some of the most complex estate and trust cases in the state of Nevada. Solomon Dwiggins & Freer, Ltd. is a trusted resource for effective legal counsel.
About Best Lawyers:
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected lawyer ranking service in the world. For more than 30 years, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the lawyers best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers lists are published in leading local, regional, and national publications across the globe.
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