Nevada Law Office
Warning: General information about Nevada law, not legal advice. Every situation is different. Contact a licensed attorney about your situation.
The Silver State · Battle Born
“All For Our Country”Nevada’s state motto
- CapitalCarson City
- StatehoodOctober 31, 1864 · 36th state
- My Nevada OfficeReno, Nevada
Licensed to practice law in Nevada
Your Nevada Attorney
I am Ronald W. Brilliant, and I represent individuals, families, and businesses throughout Nevada from my office in downtown Reno. I am licensed to practice law in Nevada and admitted to practice in federal court here.
You work directly with me, not with a team of assistants. I handle matters in thirteen practice areas, from wills, trusts, and probate to family law, bankruptcy, injury claims, and workers’ compensation. Because I practice in all of them, I can see how one legal problem affects the others and plan for it.
If you want to understand Nevada law before we talk, my Nevada Law Library explains the rules in plain English, with citations to Nevada statutes. Request a consultation when you are ready to discuss your situation.
Nevada Practice Areas
Nevada Law Library
Nevada Wills & Probate
A step-by-step overview of Nevada wills and settling an estate, with deadlines and NRS citations.
Read the overview →Nevada Trusts
Creating trusts, trustee duties, accountings, spendthrift and asset protection trusts, and trust disputes, with NRS citations.
Read the overview →Nevada Guardianship
Guardianship of adults and minors, who can serve, a guardian’s duties, protected persons’ rights, and alternatives.
Read the overview →Guardianship of the Estate
Managing a protected person’s money and property in Nevada (often called conservatorship elsewhere).
Read the overview →Nevada Family Law
Marriage, divorce, property division, alimony, custody, visitation, child support and parentage, with NRS citations.
Read the overview →Nevada Adoption
Agency, identified, stepparent and relative, foster care and adult adoptions, consents, and termination of parental rights.
- Adoption basics
- Consent and relinquishment
- Stepparent and relative adoptions
- Termination of parental rights
Custody Jurisdiction (UCCJEA)
Which state decides custody, changing another state’s order, emergencies, and enforcing out-of-state orders in Nevada.
- Home state jurisdiction
- Modifying another state’s order
- Emergency jurisdiction
- Registering and enforcing orders
Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning
Will requirements, living trusts, Nevada’s small estate procedures, and what happens without a will.
Read the overview →Child Custody & Support
How Nevada courts decide custody and parenting time, and how child support is calculated.
Read the overview →Bankruptcy
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, the means test, and the property Nevada law lets you keep.
Read the overview →My Nevada Office
Brilliant Law Office P.L.L.C.
1 East Liberty Street, Suite 600
Reno, NV 89501
(702) 827-3082 · Request a consultation
Serving clients throughout Nevada. All locations
Nevada at a Glance
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Mountain Bluebird, Desert Bighorn Sheep and Lahontan Cutthroat Trout by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain; Sagebrush and Bristlecone Pine by Z3lvs, CC0; Desert Tortoise by Robb Hannawacker, Joshua Tree National Park (NPS), public domain; Ichthyosaur painting at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park by Alisha Vargas, CC BY 2.0; Silver specimen, public domain.
The overviews on this site provide general information about Nevada law and are not legal advice. Reading them does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every situation is different; consult an attorney about yours.