Jordanna L. Evans
Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada
Lee Kiefer & Park LLP
Practice areas: Estate Planning & Probate, Business & Corporate
Licensed in Nevada since: 2009
Education: Florida Coastal School of Law
Lee Kiefer & Park LLP
1140 N Town Center DrSuite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89144 Phone: 702-333-1711 Email: Jordanna L. Evans Visit website
Jordanna L. Evans is a Partner at the law firm of LEE KIEFER & PARK, LLP, in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she primarily focuses her practice on the specialized niche of Trust & Estate law. Mrs. Evans has represented clients in various areas of estate planning, including drafting of trusts, wills, financial and healthcare directives, premarital and postnuptial agreements. She has advised clients with tax planning, charitable giving, asset protection and decanting, and also assisted clients with the creation of business entities such as limited liability companies, corporations and partnerships, and further aided clients with mergers and acquisitions of small businesses. Mrs. Evans has also represented heirs, beneficiaries, trustees, personal representatives, private and professional fiduciaries, and creditors related to both contested and uncontested administration of trust and probated estates, and proficiently handled a varied array of assets, both tangible and intangible, including real and personal properties, and business interests, and has prepared various complex trust accountings for high net worth trust portfolios. Additionally, Mrs. Evans has previously represented clients in a wide array of complex contested matters involving undue influence claims, contractual competency, testamentary capacity, fraud, duress and breaches of fiduciary duties.
Recognized for her professionalism and valuable contributions to the legal profession, the National Law Journal included Ms. Evans on its “Lawyers of Distinction” list several years in a row and in 2018, Nevada Business magazine featured her on its “Legal Elite” list. The American Registry and Marquis Who’s Who in America have also recognized her.
Serving her legal community through various participation in professional activities, Ms. Evans is a member of the Clark County Bar Association and the State Bar of Nevada’s Probate and Trust Section. She is committed to volunteering her time to pro bono endeavors and in 2013, she was named a member of the Legal Aid of Southern Nevada “Pro Bono Honors Club.”
Ms. Evans graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, with a minor in psychology. She earned her law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida. She is licensed to practice law before all Nevada state courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.
First Admitted: 2009, Nevada
Professional Webpage: https://www.lkpfirm.com/jordanna-l-evans/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Probate and Trust Section of the Nevada State Bar, Member, 2010 to Present
- American Bar Association
- Nevada, 2009
- U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 2010
- Nevada State Bar, Probate and Trust Section , Member, 2010 to Present
- Clark County Bar Association, Member, 2009 to Present
Educational Background
- University of Nevada Reno, Nevada, B.S. (Major: Biology, Minor: Psychology), 2006
Honors
- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, Rising Star, (Super Lawyers, Mountain States)
- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, Lawyers of Distinction, (National Law Journal)
- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, Elite Lawyer, (Elite Lawyer Advisory Panel)
- 2022, 2021, America’s Most Honored Lawyers, (American Registry)
- 2019, 2020, America’s Most Honored Professionals, (American Registry)
- 2020, Top Lawyer, (Marquis Who’s Who in America)
- 2020, Top 100 Lawyers, (MYVEGAS Magazine)
- 2018, Legal Elite, Silver State’s Top Attorneys, (Nevada Business Magazine)
- 2018, Legal Elite, Best Up and Coming Attorneys, (Nevada Business Magazine)
- 2014, Pro Bono Project “100 Hours Club”, (Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada)
- 2013, Pro Bono Project “50 Hours Club”, (Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada)
- Rated “Good” on Avvo
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer-Reviewed Rating
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2017 - 2023