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NELSON v. BURR

No. 81456.

521 P.3d 1207 (2022)

138 Nev. Adv. Opn. 85

Lynita Sue NELSON, Individually and as Trustee of the LSN Nevada Trust Dated May 30, 2001, Appellant, v. Jeffrey L. BURR, Esq.; and Jeffrey Burr, LTD., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed December 29, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pecos Law Group and Curtis R. Rawlings , Henderson, for Appellant.

Upson Neilson P.C. and Joseph P. Garin and Amber M. Williams , Las Vegas: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP and Daniel F. Polsenherg , Joel D. Henriod , and Abraham G. Smith , Las Vegas; for Respondents.

Julia S. Gold and Dara J. Goldsmith , Reno, for Amicus Curiae Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada.

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, EN BANC.

OPINION

In this opinion, we clarify that legal malpractice claims that arise from legal advice given in the course of drafting an estate plan are transactional legal malpractice claims. While the statute of limitations set forth in NRS 11.207(1) applies to both transactional and litigation-based legal...

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