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VEGAS INC C OV E R STO RY for the U.S. Court of Claims and as an attorney for the U.S. Treasury Department. He has lectured extensively on innovative tax and estate planning strategies and is the author of numerous articles. Oshins received a juris doctorate from St. John's School of Law and earned a masters of business administration in taxation with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. He also received a master of laws degree in taxation with honors from the George Washington University School of Law. Steven J. Oshins, managing partner Oshins & Associates LLC Oshins has played a pivotal role in getting some of the most valuable trust and creditor protection laws passed in Nevada. During the 2001 legislative session, he co-authored a law for limited liability companies and limited partnerships making a charging order the exclusive remedy for a judgment creditor under Nevada law. He also helped write several subsequent changes to that law, including a bill for the 2011 legislative session that included protecting single-member LLCs and disallowing equitable remedies for limited liability companies, limited partnerships and corporations. Oshins is AV rated by MartindaleHubbell, is listed in the Best Lawyers in America and was named the Las Vegas Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year by the same organization. He was inducted into the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame in 2011. He also has been named one of the Top 100 Attorneys by Worth magazine, one of the Best Lawyers in America by the American Lawyer, one of the Best Lawyers in America by Corporate Counsel and a Mountain States Super Lawyer by Law and Politics. Oshins has written numerous estate planning and asset protection articles and received an EPIC Award for Best Young Author from Trusts and Estates magazine in 1998. Kristen E. Simmons, member Oshins & Associates LLC Simmons focuses on estate, business and asset protection planning. She has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and from 2008 through 2011 was listed as one of Nevada's Rising Stars by Mountain States Super Lawyers magazine. | 4 FEBRUARY 2013 20130204_VI01_F.indd 17 | Simmons was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in 2004 and to the Florida Bar in 2005. She is a member of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council and since 2010 has served on the editorial board of Nevada Lawyer. Simmons graduated cum laude from the University of Florida in 2001 with a bachelor of arts in English and a minor in business administration. She received her juris doctorate cum laude from the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 2004. David A. Straus, member Law Offices of David A. Straus Over the past 20 years, Straus has built a successful practice and continuing education/lecture series on the idea of forming alliances and "planning for life." Straus advises on the estate planning industry, including life insurance, annuities, long-term care insurance, pension planning and other retirement options. He also focuses on trusts, estates, corporate and business planning, with an interest in charitable planning. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Nevada Super Lawyer. Straus graduated from Whittier Law School in Los Angeles and in 1991 earned a master of laws in taxation from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. James M. Susa, counsel Snell & Wilmer Susa represents clients in both Nevada and Arizona. He has represented governments and private individuals in property, sales, use and income tax matters before administrative and judicial tribunals. He is recognized as a tax law specialist by the State Bar of Arizona and has more than 20 years of experience litigating appeals before the Office of Administrative Hearings, County and State Boards of Equalization, Tax Commission, Board of Tax Appeals, Tax Court, Court of Appeals, District Court and Supreme Court. In addition, Susa has lectured extensively on property, sales and use tax matters and is licensed as a certified public accountant in Arizona. He earned his bachelor of science in business administration with distinction from the University of Arizona in 1995, his juris doctorate with distinction from the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law in 1985 and his master of laws in taxation from the University of Florida's College of Law in 1989. Scott A. Swain, partner McDonald Carano Wilson LLP Swain has almost 25 years of legal experience and is chairman of the firm's tax and estate planning group. He focuses his practice on taxation law issues, estate planning, charitable planning and business planning. His clients consist of high net-worth individuals, business owners, public and private charities and fiduciaries of large trusts and estates. Swain represents clients in tax and estate planning matters, business entity structure and formation, asset protection and charitable giving, as well as income and transfer tax planning and federal estate tax, gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax returns. Swain is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America and Mountain States Super Lawyers. He also is co-chairman of the Nevada Taxpayers Association's Policy Advisory Committee. R. Glen Woods, member Woods Erickson Whitaker & Maurice LLP Woods has worked both in a law firm setting and as in-house counsel for a publicly traded firm. He has been a member of the Utah State Bar since 1984, the State Bar of Nevada since 1990 and the Arizona Bar since 2001. He founded Woods Erickson Whitaker & Maurice in 1995 with John Erickson. Woods specializes in taxation and estate planning and has considerable experience in handling federal and state securities registrations, commercial and real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions and litigated matters. He also has represented individuals and companies in federal and state tax disputes, in the courts and before the IRS and state tax agencies and has helped clients establish charitable foundations, charitable trusts, limited partnerships, revocable and irrevocable trusts, dynasty trusts and asset protection trusts. Woods studied accounting at Brigham Young University, where he received a bachelor's degree with the highest honors in 1981. He received his master's degree in taxation in 1981, graduating with distinction and completed the certified public accountant examination the same year. He received the highest score in the state. More top tax attorneys: • Jerome L. Blut, managing partner Jerome L. Blut Chtd. • Robert L. Bolick, shareholder Durham Jones & Pinegar P.C. • Russell K. Bowler, member Bowler Dixon & Twitchell LLP • Jonathan C. Callister, partner Callister & Frizell • Robert E. Clark, of counsel Jeffrey Burr Ltd. • Catherine M. Colombo, associate Oshins & Associates, LLC • Cecil Glenn Foster, Jr., counsel Jeffrey Burr, Ltd • Christian Gianni, member Boyce & Gianni LLP • Dara J. Goldsmith, shareholder Goldsmith & Guymon P.C. • Daniel V. Goodsell, member Goodsell & Olsen • Garry J. Hayes, partner Law Office of Hayes & Welsh • Steven E. Hollingworth, of counsel Solomon Dwiggins & Freer Ltd. • A. Collins Hunsaker, associate Jeffrey Burr Ltd. • Kirk D. Kaplan, member Roland & Kaplan • Michael I. Kling, managing partner Kling Law Offices • Bryan A. Lowe, member Bryan A. Lowe & Associates • Stephen J. Mayfield, associate Hutchison & Steffen LLC • Zachary E. Redman, associate Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. • Corey Schmutz, associate Jeffrey Burr Ltd. • Mark Segal, senior partner Mark Segal Chtd. • Thomas Robert Sheets, partner McDonald Carano Wilson LLP • Michael H. Singer, principal Law Offices of Michael H. Singer • Jeremy B. Spackman, associate Oshins & Associates LLC • Briar K. Stahl, associate Holland & Hart LLP • Brian K. Steadman, partner Solomon Dwiggins & Freer Ltd. • W. Leslie Sully Jr., member Leavitt Sully & Rivers • Geraldine Tomich, shareholder Marquis Aurbach Coffing P.C. • Justin Townsend, member Woods Erickson Whitaker & Maurice LLP • Kristin M. Tyler, associate Gordon Silver • Jason C. Walker, associate Jeffrey Burr Ltd. • Justin J. Zarcone, partner Atkin Winner & Sherrod 17 1/31/13 2:59:18 PM