Biography

Jeffrey L. Burr has been recognized as one of the top tax and estate planning attorneys in the Southwest. Through his years of community service and continual hard work, his personal client list contains many of the most prominent families in Southern Nevada. Under Jeff’s leadership, the firm has received the highest and most prestigious rating of “AV” from Martindale-Hubbell. Jeff's community involvement includes having been elected to the Clark County School Board and serving on boards such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, KLVX Planned Giving, St. Rose Dominican Foundation, Nevada State College, The Giving Tree, LDS Philanthropies, and others.

Jeff has been named by his peers as one of the top estate planning attorneys in Southern Nevada in every edition of Best Lawyers in America and was named the top estate planner in Nevada by a Las Vegas Business Press survey of Nevada attorneys. Jeff is also a retired Certified Public Accountant, having previously worked as a tax accountant with the international accounting firm Deloitte & Touche. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section on Taxation, former member of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council, and former Chairman of the Section on Taxation for the State Bar of Nevada. Jeff has also been a faculty member for many continuing education programs, such as the University of Miami School of Law, Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning.

Jeff has published in Nevada Lawyer, the Society of Financial Service Professionals and The Silver State CPA. He also authored a book entitled The Nevada Estate Planning Product Guide.

Jeff obtained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Brigham Young University, and later his Juris Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1979.

Jeff is licensed to practice law in Nevada, California, and Arizona.

Education

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
  • J.D. - 1979
• Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
  • B.S. cum laude - 1976
  • Major: Accounting

Classes/Seminars

• Faculty Member, University of Miami School of Law, Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning

Bar Admissions

• Nevada
• California
• Arizona
• U.S. Tax Court

Published Works

• "Charging Order Protected Entities and Their Role in Wealth Preservation," Journal of Financial Service Professionals, May, 2009
• Estate Planning Matters: A Guide to Estate Planning Techniques, (Co-Author), 2007
• "Perfect Solution or Added Burden? A Practical Analysis of the Serial LLC Statute in Nevada," Nevada Lawyer, November, 2005
• "Asset Protection in Nevada: Something for Everyone," Silver State CPA, October, 2004
• "The Income Protection Trust: Combining Nevada's Asset Protection Trust with Life Insurance," Journal of Financial Service Professionals, May, 2002
• "Recent Legislative Changes Impacting Trusts and Estates," Nevada Lawyer, July, 2001
• The Nevada Estate Planning Product Guide, (Co-Author), 2000
• "Nevada's New Asset Protection Act," Nevada Lawyer, August, 2000
• "Entity Choice: Just Check the Box," Nevada Lawyer, August, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Clark County School Board, Trustee and Former President, 1992 - 1996
• Nevada State College, Board Member
• American Bar Association, Section on Taxation, Member
• Clark County Bar Association, Member
• Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council, Member; Former Chairman of the section on taxation
• Nevada State Bar Association, Member
• State Bar of Nevada, Section on Taxation, Former Chairman

Jeff is currently serving or has served on the following community boards:

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada
• St. Rose Dominican Health Foundation
• LDS Philanthropies, Southern Nevada Chairman
• Clark County School Board, Past President
• UNLV Planned Giving Committee, Past Chairman
• KLVX (PBS) Planned Giving Committee Member

Past Employment Positions

• Deloitte, Tax Accountant, 1979 - 1981