Brian P. Eagan

Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada

Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman, LTD
Brian P. Eagan
Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman, LTD

Practice areas: Estate Planning & Probate, Estate & Trust Litigation; view more

Licensed in Nevada since: 2005

Education: American University Washington College of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2025
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Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman, LTD

9060 W. Cheyenne Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89129 Visit website

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Brian Eagan, an attorney and partner of the firm, leads Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman’s probate and trust and estate administration practice. Brian focuses much of his practice assisting clients following the death of a family member or a loved one. Clients value Brian’s compassion, his creative problem solving and his ability to digest large amounts of complex information and explain it in everyday terms.

Brian also frequently represents private and professional fiduciaries, beneficiaries, trustees and creditors in contested matters in the probate court for Clark County and throughout Nevada. He has both prosecuted and defended will and trust contests and litigated issues of undue influence, competency and breach of fiduciary duty. With a background in domestic relations law, Brian also routinely negotiates and drafts premarital agreements for the firm’s high net worth clients.

Brian currently serves on the executive committee of the Nevada State Bar’s Probate and Trust Section. He previously chaired the committee responsible for revising the probate rules for the Clark County district court. His past community involvement also includes serving on the Las Vegas Steering Committee of the Human Rights Campaign and as a board member of NevadaGIVES. Brian is a graduate of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Las Vegas program.

Brian holds a star rating of 4.9 of 5 in Martindale-Hubbell having received numerous positive reviews from his peers for his legal knowledge and expertise. He has been recognized by Best Lawyer’s in America, Super Lawyers, Legal Elite by the Nevada Business Magazine and is rated “Superb” on Avvo.

Practice areas

Estate Planning & Probate, Estate & Trust Litigation

Focus areas

Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Will Contests, Wills

  • 70% Estate Planning & Probate
  • 30% Estate & Trust Litigation

First Admitted: 2005, Nevada

Professional Webpage: https://www.sdfnvlaw.com/attorney/eagan-brian-p/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Executive Committee (Treasurer), Nevada State Bar, Probate & Trust Section, 2022
  • Chair, Rules Committee, Nevada State Bar Probate & Trust Section, 2020
  • Co-Chair, Rules Committee, Nevada State Bar Probate & Trust Section, 2014
  • Executive Committee, Nevada State Bar, LGBT Section, 2013
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Nevada's Big Give, Executive Committee, 2016
  • Human Rights Campaign, Las Vegas Steering Committee, 2017
Honors/Awards:
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers in America (2024)
  • Rated 9.4/10 "Superb", Avvo
  • Legal Elite, Silver State’s Top Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine (2018)
  • Mountain States, Super Lawyers (2020–2023)
  • Peer-Reviewed Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Educational Background:
  • Bishop Gorman High School, 1993
  • University of Virginia, BA, 1997
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Overview of the final accounting process in estate administration., Presenter, Estate Administration: Final Accounting Do's and Don'ts, 2022
  • Review and explanation of the 2014 amendments to the probate rules for the Eighth Judicial District Court, Presenter, Understanding the New Eighth Judicial District Court Probate Rules, 2014
  • Overview of the probate process in Nevada, Presenter, Probate Hands-On! – An Interactive Workshop, 2018
Other Outstanding Achievements:
  • Graduate, Leadership Las Vegas, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 2013

Office location for Brian P. Eagan

9060 W. Cheyenne Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89129

Phone: 800-671-9908

Selections

6 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2025

Top Lists

Top 100: Mountain States Super Lawyers: 2025

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