Smith & Shapiro

Specialties

Nevada Trusts and Trust creation; Corporate formation: LLC, LLP, Ltd., C-​corp and S-​corp, etc; Business consulting and business contracts; buy-​sell agreements; asset protection; and probate and estate administration. Real estate law, litigation, negotiation, and dispute resolution.

History

Established in 2006.

Prior to starting Smith & Shapiro, Gregory S. Smith served ten years as a certified public accountant (CPA) at elite firms such as Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte LLP. Advancing his skills, Mr. Smith received his Juris Doctorate from UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada. For his first years as an attorney, Mr. Smith worked for another attorney in the Las Vegas area. In 2006, Mr. Smith founded his own law firm, Gregory S. Smith, Ltd. In 2013, Mr. Smith incorporated Smith Law Las Vegas under the umbrella of Gregory S. Smith, Ltd.

In 2015, James E. Shapiro became a full-​partner and renamed the firm, Smith & Shapiro.

Mr. James Shapiro brings extensive experience practicing business, real estate and banking negotiations and litigation.

Mr. Shapiro received his BS in Accounting (Cum Laude) from Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, and his Juris Doctorate (Cum Laude) from BYU, Provo, Utah, where he was a merit scholar and the Managing Editor of Publications for the Journal of Public Law.

Meet the Business Owner

Gregory S.

Business Owner

Mr. Gregory Smith is an attorney at law practicing estate planning and administration with emphasis in probate, asset protection, trusts, wills, corporate formation, tax planning and consulting. Mr. Gregory Smith also has extensive corporate, LLC, and partnership experience in mergers and acquisitions and business structuring. Mr. Gregory Smith served ten years as a certified public accountant at elite firms such as Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte LLP. Advancing his skills, Mr. Gregory Smith completed his law degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to become an attorney and certified public accountant (CPA). As an attorney and CPA in Nevada, Mr. Smith is adept at structuring business entities, estate plans and trusts.

Professional Affiliations:

State Bar of Nevada

Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council

California Board of Accountancy, CPA

California Society of CPA’s

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)