Dana Dwiggins

Practice Areas

Asset Protection

Business Litigation

Guardianship

Premarital Agreements

Probate

Trust & Estate Administration

Trust & Estate Litigation

Wills and Trusts

Career

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.

Professional Memberships

SafeNest, Board of Trustees, Treasurer, Present

SafeNest, President of Board of Trustees, 2018-June 2023

SafeNest, Board Member, Chair of Fund and Development Committee, Member of Executive Committee and Audit and Finance Committee, 2014-Present

G Bank (fka Bank of George), Director, Board of Directors, 2019-present

Former State Bar of Nevada, Chair, Probate and Trust Section, 2020-2021

State Bar of Nevada, Client Security Fund, Committee Member, 2018-Present

American Bar Association, Member, Section of Real Property, Estate and Trust, 1999-Present

Clark County Bar Association, Member

Education