Bob Armstrong
Partner
McDonald Carano
Sessions
Nevada Experts Panel
10:35 AM - 11:25 AM Wed
Breakout Session 2: Fiduciary Decision Making
2:15 PM - 3:05 PM Wed
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. 2024 is the eighth consecutive year that Mr. Armstrong is ranked in the highest category of Band 1 in Private Wealth Law in Chambers High Net Worth Guide. Clients interviewed by Chambers describe Mr. Armstrong as “especially notable for his work on the establishment and administration of Nevada-based private trust companies. He totally understands all aspects of finance and deal structures, and is a well-recognized expert in the area of high net worth trust construction, wills and estate planning.” “Mr. Armstrong has seen everything that can happen in a trust corporation. He is extremely experienced and very commercially sound.” “Robert Armstrong is technically proficient and on top of developments in Nevada trust law. He understands what we want for our clients, which makes him user-friendly.” “He is the best trusts and estates planner in the state. He has a huge breadth of knowledge and has been around for a long, long time. He remembers everything.” “He is highly knowledgeable and skilled, and is known and respected by estate regulators.” “He is very smart, organized and creative, a good communicator and very good at articulating complex concepts.” “Bob is an excellent tax strategist with a cutting-edge awareness of pending changes and direction in the space.” 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.