Dana A. Dwiggins
Top rated Estate & Trust Litigation attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada
Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman, LTDPractice Areas: Estate & Trust Litigation, Business Litigation, Estate Planning & Probate; view more
Licensed in Nevada since: 1999
Education: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
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Dana Dwiggins is a member of the firm's management committee and former managing partner of the firm, where she focuses her practice primarily on probate and trust litigation, small business litigation, trust and estate administration, guardianships and trust and wills. She routinely represents heirs, beneficiaries, creditors and private and professional fiduciaries in both contested and uncontested matters affecting all aspects of trusts and estates. Dana has substantial experience litigating matters involving complex claims for breach of fiduciary duty, including claims relating to allocation of investments, accounting discrepancies, valuation of businesses and other assets, sale of assets, estate and income taxes, distributions and Nevada's Uniform Principal and Income Act. Additionally, she litigates claims involving testamentary and contractual capacity, undue influence, fraud and unjust enrichment.
Dana's experience also extends out of court, where she has successfully negotiated settlements for clients involving complex trust and estate matters. She assisted the firm in negotiating a settlement that netted the firm's client $50 million. Dana's litigation experience extends to not only state court but federal court as well, at both the trial and appellate levels, including case assessment, motion practice, hearings, discovery, depositions, trial, settlement conferences, mediations and appeals. She has also successfully argued before the Nevada Supreme Court.
Dana also represents and assists personal representatives in handling all aspects of the administration of probate and trust estates. In connection with the same, she works closely with accountants to ensure the timely filing of trust and estate tax returns, preparation of accountings, the preparation of inventories and the distribution of trust and estates.
Dana is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, where she served as the chair of the Probate and Trust Section for 2020 and 2021. She is also a member of the Client Security Fund for the Nevada State Bar. Additionally, she is a member of the American Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association and Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys.
Practice areas
Estate & Trust Litigation, Business Litigation, Estate Planning & ProbateFocus areas
Guardianships & Conservatorships, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Will Contests, Wills
- 60% Estate & Trust Litigation
- 30% Business Litigation
- 10% Estate Planning & Probate
First Admitted: 1999, Nevada
Professional Webpage: http://www.sdfnvlaw.com/Attorneys/Dana-A-Dwiggins.shtml
- Nevada
- Member, American Bar Association, Trust and Estates Sections
- Board Member, Vice President, Safe Nest, Temporary Assistance for Domestic Crisis, 2015
- Member, Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorney
- U.S. District Court District of Nevada
- Member, State Bar of Nevada
- Committee Member, Client Security Fund, Nevada State Bar, 2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- Member, Clark County Bar Association
- Vice President, Probate and Trust Section, Nevada State Bar, 2016
- Williams v. Security National Bank of Sioux City, Iowa, 314 F.Supp.2d 886, N.D. Iowa 2004
- Morgan v. Las Vegas Sands, Inc., 43 P.3d 1036, Nev. 2002
- Williams v. Security National Bank of Sioux City, Iowa, 358 F.Supp.2d 782, N.D. Iowa 2005
- Estate of Bowlds, 102 P.3d 593, Nev. 2004
- Williams v. Security National Bank of Sioux City, Iowa, 293 F.Supp.2d 958, N.D. Iowa 2003
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers in America (2017–2024)
- Top 100 Women of Influence, MYVegas Magazine (2019)
- Legal Elite, Silver State’s Top Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine (2015, 2017–2020)
- AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (2011–2022)
- Top 100 Attorneys, Las Vegas, MYVegas Magazine (2019–2022)
- Top Rank Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine (2022–2023)
- Top 100 Attorneys, Mountain States, Super Lawyers (2019–2023)
- Top 50 Women Attorneys, Mountain States, Super Lawyers (2017–2023)
- Mountain States, Super Lawyers (2015–2023)
- Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers in America (2019 & 2024)
- University of Nevada Las Vegas, 1996
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2008 - 2009, 2011 - 2012
Top Lists
Top 100: Mountain States Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024- Top 50: 2024 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2023 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2022 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2021 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2020 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2019 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2018 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2017 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers