Family Law

• Guardianship
  Vaughn Gourley, P.C. serves individuals and families in all aspects and dimensions of estate planning, including wills, trusts, trust administration, guardianship proceedings, and probate. R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C. stands ready to represent you in your estate planning and probate needs.  Not all practice areas fit exactly to your needs, please contact us to discuss those practice area needs.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  At R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C., we work with our clients, their accountants, and other business professionals to address each client’s business issues in a cost effective manner that optimizes results. Because of our diverse client base, we have extensive experience in representing substantial business entities in international, national and multi-state transactions. As well as advising smaller and emerging business clients on the full spectrum of all business matters. Our experienced business attorneys provide expert counseling that helps our clients make well-informed decisions. We always take into account immediate and long-term goals and objectives in order to meet all of your business needs. Call us today or use the Contact Us to have your questions answered.
• Business Transactions
  Business and Corporate law is the body of law that governs business, corporate and commercial transactions.  Most of all the various liability shields that differing business entity structures offer to their owners and members. Business and corporate law effects a broad range of business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, sole proprietorships, and partnerships. If you are currently engaged in a business, it is very important that you understand the implications and protections of your particular business entity structure and follow all required business entity requirements and procedures. If you are considering starting a business it is vital that you become familiar with the various business entity structures available in Nevada and the implications and protections that each one affords.
• Limited Liability Companies

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Whether your real estate transaction is a complex commercial real estate venture, or a fairly straightforward residential real estate deal, R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C.’s real estate attorneys have the experience and knowledge to provide you with the best legal counsel you need in today’s real estate industry. If you would like to speak with one of our attorneys about a real estate matter, or if you have any questions about our real estate law practice, please give us a call or contact us.
• Construction Litigation
  With numerous construction projects being planned, started, and completed each day, contractors, builders, developers, design professionals, and property owners often need an experienced lawyer to help them navigate through the complex legal issues within the construction industry. At R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C., we recognize that when it comes to the construction industry, every decision is important. Whatever your construction law issues may be, R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C.’s construction lawyers are available to provide you with the highest level of professional legal service. If you would like to speak with one of our lawyers regarding a construction law issue, or if you have any questions about our construction law and litigation practice, please give us a call or use the Contact Us section of our website to have your questions answered.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Because the real estate industry is fast-paced and always changing, you need a law office that can stay on top of your real estate needs and that can get you your desired results. No matter what kind of real estate expertise you may need, or the type of real estate involved, we have the experience and expertise to enable you to obtain optimal results in your real estate matters. At R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C., our real estate attorneys represent a broad range of clients and handle all types and sizes of real estate transactions. R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C. has represented corporate owners, investors, developers, managers, landlords, tenants, businesses, and individuals in all of their commercial, residential, retail, industrial, and mixed-use real estate needs.
• Eminent Domain
  In Nevada, expanding public use projects initiated by governmental entities including the state, counties, and cities often result in taking land from individuals and businesses during the course of the projects. These governmental entities have a fundamental power to take private property for a public purpose without the landowner’s consent and even if the landowner does not want to sell his land. This power is known as the right of eminent domain or condemnation. Although governmental entities retain this power, eminent domain law requires that the government compensate the landowner at the fair market value (taken at the land’s highest and best use). While it may appear that the governmental entity is attempting to protect an individual’s or a business’s interests throughout the condemnation process, this generally is not the case. Therefore, it is important that individuals and business owners faced with eminent domain proceedings contact an experienced attorney at the earliest possible stage of the condemnation process.
• Land Use and Zoning
  Zoning and land use controls are the legal tools that governmental agencies implement to achieve various land use plans and policies. For example, the building of roads, the location of schools, the location of commercial, retail, and manufacturing facilities, and the requirement for affordable housing are just a few examples of zoning and land use plans in action. As one can imagine, these land use plans and policies are demanding. Thus, the development of residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects often requires a complex set of permits and other governmental entitlements from local, state, regional, and federal authorities.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  All individuals and families benefit from carefully drafting their estate planning.  Through creating a comprehensive estate plan, an individual can plan for the disposition of his or her assets upon death. But a comprehensive estate plan allows an individual to do more than this. A comprehensive estate plan also allows an individual to plan for issues that may arise during the individual’s lifetime, such as who will make financial and healthcare decisions for the individual in the event that an accident or illness renders the individual incapable of making his or her own decisions. Such a plan even allows an individual to plan for the method of disposal of the individual’s remains at death.
• Wills
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney
  Often, people mistakenly believe that an “estate plan” only involves drafting and executing a will. While a carefully drafted and executed will is often a vital piece of an individual’s estate plan, a comprehensive estate plan generally includes other important documents such as durable powers of attorney, advanced healthcare directives (“living will”), a disposition of remains document, irrevocable and revocable trusts, and powers of appointment. Thus, creating a comprehensive estate plan is extremely important because it allows an individual to not only plan for the disposition of his or her assets after death but also to plan for contingencies that may arise during the individual’s lifetime.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is commonly referred to as “liquidation bankruptcy.” When an individual proceeds under Chapter 7, a trustee is appointed by the bankruptcy court. The trustee then gathers all of the individual’s property (except any property that is exempt), sells (“liquidates”) it, and distributes the proceeds of the sale to the individual’s creditors. At the end of this process, any outstanding debts are discharged (eliminated). If proceeds from the liquidation sale do not cover all of the individual’s debts, the creditors then chalk-up any losses and move on, while the individual starts anew with very little assets leftover. The Chapter 7 process generally takes about four to six months.
• Debt Collection
  At the offices of R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C., our attorneys have extensive experience in representing creditors in all collection law matters. Our attorneys will take an in-depth look at your situation in order to determine which strategy will work best for you and optimize your success. Our attorneys will help you, as a creditor, to determine your rights and to take aggressive action in collecting the debts owed to you. Whether this includes filing a proper proof of claim, commencing litigation, filing a motion for relief from the automatic stay in the event that the debtor has filed bankruptcy, or collecting through one or more of the many other options that may be available, we will work directly with you to protect your interests. R. Vaughn Gourley, P.C. stands ready to represent you or your business in all of your debt collection matters.  Call us today, or use the Contact Us section of our website to have your particular question answered.