Robert E Armstrong

Practice Areas

Trust & Estates

Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation

Tax Law

Business Entities & Transactions

Career

Robert Armstrong is nationally recognized for his representation of high-net-worth clients and family trust companies. His practice is focused on estate, gift, generation-skipping, and income tax planning, as well as the administration of trusts and estates, business and real estate transactions, and the formation, operation, and governance of family trust and retail trust companies. Mr. Armstrong also has extensive experience in the areas of charitable giving, tax-exempt organizations, and state and local taxation, including the Nevada Commerce Tax. He has more than forty years of legal experience serving clients as an attorney, and as a non-practicing certified public accountant. Mr. Armstrong is frequently called upon to lecture on topics such as Nevada trust law, family trust companies, and tax matters at national and local seminars and forums. He earned a LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.S. from Santa Clara University.

Awards and Recognition

Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating (since 1993)

Chambers High Net Worth Guide – Band 1, Private Wealth Law (2017-2023)

Nevada Business Magazine – “Top Rank Attorneys” (2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016-2022, 2024)

The Best Lawyers in America – Corporate Law (2006-2024), Tax Law (1993-2024), Trusts and Estates (1993-2024), Nonprofit / Charities Law (2020-2024), Real Estate Law (2010-2024), Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law (2020-2024)

The Best Lawyers in America – “Lawyer of the Year” in Trusts and Estates (2012, 2015)

The Best Lawyers in America – “Lawyer of the Year” in Tax Law (2014)

The Best Lawyers in America – “Lawyer of the Year” in Corporate Law (2013)

Mountain States Super Lawyers – “Super Lawyers” (2007-2024)

Northern Nevada Business Weekly, Best In Business awards – “Influential Leader” (2022)

Professional Memberships

Member, Trust & Estates Section Legislative Committee, Nevada State Bar

Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (also served as State Chairman)

Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel

Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Nevada Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

Publications

Publications and Presentations

Presenter, “Corporate Transparency Act’s Impact on Trusts and Estates” and “2024 Update on Nevada Law Impacting Trusts and Estates,” Nevada Trust Conference, Nevada Bankers Association, April 30, 2024

Presenter, “Nevada Trust Decanting, Case Law Update, and Corporate Transparency Act,” Nevada Trust Conference, Nevada Bankers Association, April 25, 2023

Presenter, “Update on Nevada Trust Law,” Nevada Trust Conference, Nevada Bankers Association, March 1, 2022

Chief Author, Decedent Estates Chapter of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual, Lexis Nexis publications, 1990 – 2015

Personal

Community Engagement

Mr. Armstrong is a third-generation Nevadan, with family roots going back to Virginia City’s Comstock Lode, and is very active in community and philanthropic endeavors.

Emeritus Trustee, University of Nevada, Reno Foundation

Former Chair, University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Investment Committee

Co-Founder and Trustee Emeritus, Community Foundation of Western Nevada

Former Trustee and Past President, Catholic Community Services of Northern Nevada

Director and Past President, Athletic Association University of Nevada

Former Director and Past President, Reno Philharmonic Association