This month’s Clark County Bar journal Communiqué (May 2025) focuses matters related to estate planning in Nevada with short articles written by bar members for bar members. Also featured is a variety of content from the printed publication’s recurring columns and highlights on bar activities. Select content is available to read online.
Features
- “Pour with Caution: Decanting, Amending, and the Fiduciary Tightrope” By Alexander LeVeque
- “Forum Fortified: The Power and Procedure of In Rem Jurisdiction in Nevada Trust Law” By Alan Freer and Jeffrey Luszeck
- “Alternative Estate Planning Techniques: Navigating the Road Beyond “Revocable Living Trusts” By Amanda Stevens and Whitney Short
- “Protecting & Maximizing the Rights of Surviving Spouses in Nevada Estate Administration” By Thomas R. Grover
- “The Federal Estate and Gift Tax Exclusion and Potential Changes on the Horizon” By Katie Daff
Columns
- View from Bench: “Key Rules for the One Judge/One Defendant Process” By Chief Judge Melisa De La Garza and Charles A. Mapp, Sr.
- Pro Bono Corner: “Plan Ahead” By Brian P. Nestor
Highlights & Spotlights
- Advertising Opportunities
- AI Made Easy: Transforming Your Practice with Simple, Affordable Tools CLE program
- Bar Committee Meetings
- Bar Luncheon
- CCBA Baseball Tickets Offer
- Civil Bench-Bar Meeting
- Ethics CLE Program Free for CCBA Members June 5, 2025
- Event Calendar
- Health Care Power of Attorney-a-Thon
- Law Day Activity at Creech Air Force Base
- Meet Your Judges Mixer
- Monthly Mixer
- Pet Supply Drive to Benefit Street Dogz
- Pro Bono Project
- Professional Portrait Session
- Sponsorship Opportunities
- Traffic Ticket CLE Program Free for CCBA Members May 7, 2025
Departments
On the cover: Whitney Short and Amanda Stevens
Advertiser Index
- Advanced Resolution
Management - Ara Shirinian Mediation
- Bank of Nevada
- FVLS Consultancy
- GGRM Law Firm
- Heidari Law Group PC
- Las Vegas Aviators
- Las Vegas Legal Video
- Legal Wings, Inc.
- Nevada Legal Services
- Nevada Legal Services, Inc.
- Portraits to You
- Prominence Health Plan
- Red Panda Systems
- State Bar of Nevada
- The Therapeutic Solution
- Wolfson & Glass Law Building
Download digital version of Communiqué (May 2025) – PDF file (3.5 MB). The printed magazine was mailed to CCBA members on April 30, 2025.
*About Communiqué
Communiqué is published eleven times per year with an issue published monthly except for July by the Clark County Bar Association, P.O. Box 657, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0657. Phone: (702) 387-6011.
Communiqué accepts advertisements from numerous sources and makes no independent investigation or verification of any claim or statement made in the advertisement. All articles, letters, and advertisements contained in this publication represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Clark County Bar Association, the CCBA Publications Committee, the editorial board, or the other authors. All legal and other issues discussed are not for the purpose of answering specific legal questions. Attorneys and others are strongly advised to independently research all issues.
Communiqué is mailed to all paid members of CCBA, with subscriptions available to non-members for $75.00 per year. For advertising information and editorial policy, please contact Steph Abbott at (702) 387-6011 or stephabbott@clarkcountybar.org.
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