Mark Alan Solomon
DeceasedBar #418 - ATTORNEY Deceased
- Admitted
- 9/20/1976
- Law school
- U. Santa Clara
In Memoriam
Mark Alan Solomon - 1950-08-30 to 2021-04-18
Mark Alan Solomon was born on August 30, 1950, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was raised largely in San Jose, California. He graduated magna cum laude from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 1975 and was admitted to the California State Bar that same year. He then relocated to Las Vegas to serve as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Charles Thompson, District Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada.
After being admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in September 1976, Mark joined the law firm of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, where he became a partner in 1981 and headed the firm's trust and estate section. In 2005, he opened his own firm, now known as Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman, Ltd., which continues to practice primarily in trust and estate litigation, estate planning, trust administration, and guardianships.
Mark was a long-standing member of the trust and estate sections of the State Bar of Nevada and the American Bar Association. He served as Chairman of the Legislative Committee for the Probate and Trust Section of the State Bar of Nevada, proposing and securing the passage of numerous amendments to the Nevada Revised Statutes concerning wills, trusts, estates, and guardianships. He also served as Co-Chair of the section's Rules Committee and contributed to amendments of the Eighth Judicial District Court Rules of Practice. He passed away on April 18, 2021, at the age of 70.
Mark Solomon Obituary | 1950 - 2021 (Las Vegas Review-Journal) - Obituary of Mark Alan Solomon (Kraft-Sussman Funeral and Cremation Services)
Discipline history
No discipline on record.
Record last verified Apr 24, 2026
Appellate record
Handled 25 Supreme Court of Nevada / Court of Appeals of Nevada cases on record.
Results in appellate decisions and orders
- Civil cases
- 50% of 10
- Court-order requests
- 33% of 9
Details by role (challenging vs. defending a ruling)
- Civil cases - Challenging a ruling: won 1 of 5 (1 mixed)
- Civil cases - Defending a ruling: won 4 of 5
- Court-order requests - Requesting a court order: won 0 of 3 (1 mixed)
- Court-order requests - Opposing a court-order request: won 3 of 6
Appellate courts uphold far more rulings than they overturn, so lawyers who mostly defend rulings tend to show higher won-shares than lawyers who mostly challenge them. This breakdown lets you compare like with like.
Won means the court ruled the way this side asked. Mixed means the court agreed in part. Cases that were dismissed or have no clear result are listed but not counted. Based on the court's published decisions and unpublished orders; coverage is still being extended.
- 78341 - IN RE: ESTATE OF SCHWARTZ C/W 79464 (Mar 30, 2022)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
- 80300 - IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF RUBIN (Jul 1, 2021)Ruling upheldLost - challenged the ruling case details
- 80285-COA - IN RE: GORMLEY IRISH IRREVOCABLE TRUST C/W 80286 (Apr 29, 2021)Ruling upheldWon - defended the ruling case details
- 81564 - NELSON VS. DIST. CT. (NELSON) (Apr 1, 2021)Request grantedLost - opposed the court order case details
- 79615 - IN RE: OSHINS REVOCABLE FAMILY TR. (Nov 2, 2020)Dismissednot counted case details
- 77473 - NELSON VS. NELSON (Jul 9, 2020)Dismissednot counted case details
- 78828-COA - WASSNER VS. DIST. CT. (OSHINS) (Nov 21, 2019)Request grantedLost - opposed the court order case details
- 78211-COA - WASSNER VS. DIST. CT. (OSHINS) (Nov 21, 2019)Request deniedWon - opposed the court order case details
- 76904 - MCNAMEE VS. DIST. CT. (BIANCHI) (Oct 17, 2019)Partly overturnedMixed - sought the court order case details
- 73837 - IN RE: CONNELL LIVING TRUST (Mar 29, 2019)Ruling overturnedWon - challenged the ruling case details
Case data via YourNevadaJudges.com - Nevada appellate decisions and orders
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