Brian Eagan

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Brian Eagan

also known as Brian P. Eagan

4.0
Rating: 9.8

Licensed for 20 years

Litigation Lawyer at Las Vegas, NV
Practice Areas: Litigation, Probate, Trusts ... +2 more

9060 W Cheyenne Ave, Las Vegas, NV

About Brian

Biography

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Family 20%

40 cases

20%
Guardianship 20%

20%
Litigation 20%

21 years | 50 cases

20%
Probate 20%

21 years | 100 cases

20%
Trusts 20%

21 years | 50 cases

20%

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Licenses

Licensed in Nevada for 20 years

State: Nevada

Acquired: 2005

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Solomon Dwiggins & Freer, Ltd.

9060 W Cheyenne Ave, Las Vegas, NV, 89129-8911

sdfnvlaw.com

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Brian Eagan's Reviews

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4.0 /5.0

4 Client Reviews

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Posted by April | September 11, 2023 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Brian is a skilled and empathetic lawyer who gets results

My mom hired Brian after finding out that a family member/co-trustee was taking advantage of her and her estate. Her previous estate attorney wasn't a litigator, so he recommended Brian, knowing my mom would be in good hands. My mom was battling advanced cancer and truly needed a warrior to fight on ...her behalf, especially as her former co-trustee was trying to take her property, was paying all of their personal bills from her financial accounts, and regularly wiring themselves cash. Brian was able to recover my mom's property and wrangled back control of her assets. After she passed away from the cancer, the former co-trustee tried to challenge my mother's will. That's when Brian really went to work. He ensured this person had to account for their financial wrongdoing by court order, and had gathered enough evidence in the discovery phase that we quickly reached a settlement. In doing so, he upheld my mother's wishes and protected our family from any future frivolous claims by the former co-trustee. Brian supported my mom and I during some of the darkest days of our lives, and the justice that was served helped me start to heal from her tragic loss. Along the way, I came to see Brian as more than an attorney, but as a friend. I highly recommend Brian and all of the professional staff at Solomon Dwiggins & Freer.

Posted by laura | May 24, 2018 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Excellent attorney

Brian helped me with a complex trust litigation case. I liked Brian as soon as I met him. He listened as I described my case and made me feel completely at ease. I always felt as though he had my best interest at heart and I wouldn't have traded him for any of the other numerous attorneys we had to... confront. Brian is extremely intelligent of the law but also a very kind person with a friendly sense of humor. This case took almost two years to settle, and I was very happy with the result. I highly recommend Brian to anyone with a probate or trust problem.

Posted by Pam | October 26, 2015 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Great attorney

My experience with Brian Eagan has been exceptional. I hired him sight unseen, only a phone meeting as I live in another state, but had a probate/trust case in Las Vegas that I needed an attorney for. Brian has a very "we can get this done" attitude and has been extremely helpful with my case. Whe...ther it is an e-mail that I send with questions, or a phone call, he is always very quick to respond! My case has taken six and a half years with Brian being my attorney for five of those years. He has stayed on top of every aspect of my case and I don't believe it would be finally coming to a close if it weren't for him. He is professional, but has a sense of humor when needed! He knows his law and how to explain to someone who doesn't fully understand it. My case involved only myself and my sister, my sister is executor of our fathers estate. My sister had lied about several things and Brian was able to subpoena a witness who had testified to something that I knew to be false, and when she came in and was questioned by Brian, she admitted that she had lied in her earlier testimony. This was a huge help to my case. He is also very fair in what he charges and doesn't just "create" charges like some attorneys do. I would highly recommend Mr. Eagan to anyone that needs an attorney!

Posted by Dana | April 7, 2022 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Careless

I retained Brian Eagan with high hopes but was disappointed when his first letter on my behalf notifying someone he was representing me, the letter containing language threatening legal action if they did not stop a certain activity. I asked him to remove the threat & said the rest of it was ...fine & he assured me he would remove it before sending it. He then sent it.. without removing it. I now also discover he either never properly read the documents, forgot what he read or just decided it wasn't his job to explain what they said to me, thus allowing me to interpret them myself. Yesterday i learned after consulting with different counsel that what Brian allowed me to understand the intention of the documents provisions codicils & amendments to mean was completely false. Weeks of worry concern & thousands of dollars in fees discussing, messaging & emailing how to rectify those concerns were unnecessary as a skilled Attorney pointed out yesterday the last amendment terminated those provision I was troubled about. How did he not relay this to me or even read it until 3/29 is bewildering. Even when he did read and recant it he did not make it clear that it was amending former provisions. He failed to notify me there was a trust company named to handle a trust and not my sister or any of her friends, this emancipation which was all i wanted but I had to mine through the documents to uncover this myself. When i asked him about this to his credit he did explain it to me and what it meant but it should have been told to me in early Feb. by him, and not at the end of March because of my own time studying them. He last week told me he believed a trust notification for a different trust may be void because much time had passed, saying he'd send a letter to find out what was going on. As of yesterday before my final decision to terminate his services his assistant said he hadn't sent it, & meant to call them & was leaving for a week (following his recent vacation two weeks ago) so he would be unavailable during that time. Also to his credit, in the beginning when he couldn't make a deadline, call or another aspect of service promised to render, he emailed to say he's running late & when he anticipated getting to it, he did not delegate that to an assistant. I can't speak for the firm, I'm sure there must be good attorneys there and I believe if Brian had an interest in doing a good job, perhaps for a friend or "important” client that he could but I wouldn't recommend Brian. I learned and understood more in an hour with a new Attorney than after months of Brian having access to the documents. *Today i learned the other Atty had asked him for my input on where i wanted a separate trust held. I am shocked to learn this because he never told me about this or asked me what i wanted. There was a recent email where they mentioned speaking to him, but he said they never followed up and never told me about the other email where they asked to bring me into the conversation. As it is fundamental to getting the trust set up, i now worry because he had a habit to speak for me without my knowledge & as i've terminated him, he refuses to answer or send me the follow up correspondence so i have no idea what happened to my trust or who they decided to hold it or if Brian had without my consent given his own input. I am shocked above all else, that he did not allow me to answer this or have any input, nor that he even notified me about their request for me to join the conversation about it.

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Alexander Leveque

Probate lawyer | May 10

Relationship: Co-worker

"Brian and I have worked together for almost five years. I do not know a more professional, knowledgeable, and competent probate practitioner. Brian routinely achieves great results for his clients and is a well-respected attorney in the Nevada bar."

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Brandi Cassady

Litigation lawyer | Oct 28

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Experience

Rating:  9.8 (Superb)

Honors

2025

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2024

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2023

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2022

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2021

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2020

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2018

Legal Elite, Nevada Business Magazine

Work Experience

2005 - Present

Attorney, Solomon Dwiggins & Freer, Ltd.

1900 - Present

Partner, Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman, LTD.

2005 - 2005

Attorney, The Willick Law Group

1998 - 2004

Pro Bono Coordinator, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP & Affilites

Associations

2005 - Present

Probate & Trust Section, Nevada State Bar

Member

2005 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

2005 - Present

State Bar of Nevada

Member

2005 - Present

Clark County Bar Association

Member

2014 - 2017

NevadaGIVES

Executive Committee Member

2014 - 2015

Leadership Las Vegas, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce

Graduate

2013 - 2015

LGBT Law Section, Nevada State Bar

Executive Committee Member

2012 - 2016

The Human Rights Campaign, Las Vegas Steering Committee

Executive Committee Member

Education

2004

American University, Washington College of Law

J.D.

1997

University of Virginia

B.A.

Speaking Engagements

2018

Probate: Hands On! (CLE)

Creditor Claim Conundrums

2014

Understanding the New Eighth Judicial District Court Probate Rules, Nevada State Bar

Eighth Judicial District Court Probate Rules

Publications

2016

Desert Companion Community, Law & Ardor

2014

Attorney at Law Magazine Law Firm of the Month

Languages

English

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