Jessica C. Prunty, Esq.

Jessica focuses her practice on business, estate planning and estate and trust administration. Over the course of her legal career, Jessica has handled numerous contracting and transactional matters for her business clients, including issues dealing with intellectual property and rapidly developing tech.

She is also an experienced litigator and has represented clients on complex matters before various administrative agencies, including the Nevada State Engineer, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission and the Nevada Department of Taxation, as well in Nevada’s District Courts and Supreme Court.

Since 2009, Jessica has served as general counsel to Noble Studios, an international digital marketing firm with offices in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada, and Bristol, UK.  She is also general counsel to the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency, its Governing Board and Planning Commission.

Jessica is a Native Nevadan who grew up at the base of the Ruby Mountains in Lamoille, Nevada. She and her husband moved to Carson City in 1999, where they still reside and raised their children. They enjoy travel and are outdoor enthusiasts with a love of the mountains.

EDUCATION

• Willamette University (Juris Doctorate – 1999)
  Note Editor, Willamette University Law Review
  Deans List: Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998
• University of Nevada, Reno (Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business – 1995)
  Deans List: Spring 1992, Fall 1993, Spring 1994, Fall 1994, Spring 1995
  College of Agriculture – Top Graduating Senior

PROFESSIONAL

• Prunty Law (January 2022 – present)
• Azevedo & Prunty (July 2020 – December 2021)
• Dyer Lawrence, LLP
  Partner (January 2009 – June 2020)
  Associate (June 2000 – December 2008)
• Carson City Municipal and Justice Court, Judge Pro Tem (2014 – present)
• First Judicial District Court of Nevada, Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael R. Griffin (1999 – 2000)
• Oregon Department of Justice
  Law Clerk, Special Litigation Unit (1997 – 1999)

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court of Nevada, 2000
• U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 2000

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• State Bar of Nevada
• First Judicial District Bar Association
• Estate Planning Council of Northern Nevada, Treasurer
• Pro Bono work for Volunteer Attorney’s for Rural Nevadans (2000 to present)
• Board Member, FISH (Friends in Service Helping)

PUBLICATIONS

• Contributing Editor for Nevada, Western Water Law & Policy Reporter (2005-2014)
• Correspondent for Nevada, ABA Water Resources Year in Review (2004-2014)

COURSE/SEMINAR INSTRUCTION

• Water Law Basics, NALS Region 7 & 8 Conference, Las Vegas (2009)
• NBI, Zoning and Land Use Law (2019)

RECOGNITION/AWARDS

• Volunteer Attorneys of Rural Nevadans (VARN) – pro bono service (2005, 2012-2019)
• Champion of Justice Pro Bono award (2010)

Norman J. Azevedo, Esq., Of Counsel

Norman J. Azevedo was raised in Reno, Nevada and attended Bishop Manogue Catholic High School as well as University of Nevada, Reno. Norm graduated Pepperdine Law School in 1987 and received his LL.M in Taxation from University of San Diego School of Law in 1988. Upon graduation, Norm immediately returned to the great State of Nevada where he specializes in the following areas of law: Taxation, estates, probates, wills and trusts, corporate and business, open meeting law matters as well as land use.

While growing up in Reno, he spent many summers on his father’s 6 Bar Ranch in Lamoille, Nevada. Norm and his wife were married in 1993 and live on the Circle A Ranch in Washoe Valley, Nevada. Norm and Rhonda have two children, Riley and Dominic, along with four dogs and a few horses.

Norm enjoyed a contractual association with Dyer Lawrence, LLP law firm from November 2016 through June 2020.

Norm is retired and he and his family have re-located to Montana, where he enjoys spending time with his family, often in the great outdoors fly-fishing, ranching, hiking and hunting.

EDUCATION

• University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA (LL.M. Taxation – December 1988)
• Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA (Juris Doctor – May 1987)
• University of Nevada, Reno (Bachelor of Science in Accounting – May 1983)

PROFESSIONAL

• Of Counsel to Prunty Law (January 2022 – Present)
• Azevedo & Prunty (July 2020 – December 2021)
• Norman J. Azevedo, Attorney at Law (December 2002 – June 2020)
• Office of the Attorney General, Capital Complex, Carson City, NV (September 1993 – December 2002)
  • Regional Chief Deputy Attorney General (July 2001 – December 2002)
    • Counsel to the Nevada Tax Commission
    • Counsel to the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency
    • Administer staff of 72 employees including 42 attorneys
  • Chief Deputy Attorney General/Civil Division (June 2000 – June 2001)
    • Counsel to the Nevada Tax Commission
    • Administer staff of 72 employees including 42 attorneys
  • Senior Deputy Attorney General/Taxation (March 1999 – May 2000)
    • Counsel to the Nevada Tax Commission
    • Administer staff of 7 employees including 5 attorneys
  • Deputy Attorney General/Taxation (September 1993 – June, 1996 and February 1997 – February 1999)
    • Counsel to the Nevada Tax Commission
    • Counsel to the State Industrial Insurance System
    • Counsel to State Board of Equalization
• KPMG Peat Marwick, 2300 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89102
  • Senior Manager (July 1996 – January 1997)
    • Geographic leader for State of Nevada
    • Administer staff of 7 employees
• Haney & McBride, 301 E. Clark Avenue, Suite 700, Las Vegas, NV 89101
  • Tax Attorney (January 1989 – August 1993)
    • Senior Tax Attorney
• Coopers & Lybrand, 1000 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
  • Tax Associate (August 1987 – January 1989)
    • Tax consulting and research
• Touche, Ross & Company, 3700 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
  • Tax Consultant (June 1986 – December 1986)
    • Tax compliance and research
• Halstead, Nichols & Company, 162 Hubbard Way, Suite C, Reno, NV 89502
  • Accountant (March 1984 – July 1984)
    • Participated in audit of financial institutions

COURT ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Nevada, 1987
• United States Tax Court, 1988
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES

• American Bar Association Member (Tax Section)
• State Bar of Nevada
• Beta Alpha Psi Honor Accounting Fraternity
• Estate Planning Counsel Member
• Phi Alpha Delta Treasurer 1987

COURSE/SEMINAR INSTRUCTION

• National Business Institute Courses Instructed:
  • Limited Liability Companies: The Entity of Choice (1994)
  • State and Local Taxation (1995)
  • Property Tax (1996)
  • Property Tax Law in Nevada (1997)
  • Zoning & Land Use Planning (2019)
• Lorman Education Services Courses Instructed:
  • Sales & Use Tax (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
  • Nevada Sales & Use Tax and Property Tax for Manufacturers (1999)
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations (1999 & 2001)
  • Nevada Property Tax (2000 & 2003)
  • Advanced Sales & Use Tax (2003)
  • Public Records & Open Meetings (2002, 2003 & 2004)

INTERESTS

• Fly-fishing, ranching, hiking and hunting.

Caitlin R. Prunty

Caitlin was born and raised in Carson City and moved to Washington in 2001. After receiving her B.A. from Eastern Washington University in Business Administration in 2006, she earned her Paralegal certificate from the University of Washington – Tacoma. Caitlin worked as the sole paralegal for a construction litigation firm in Seattle for four years. After her interest in the practice of law was confirmed, she returned to eastern Washington to attend Gonzaga University School of Law.

Caitlin received her J.D. in 2013 and worked as an associate attorney in a small construction law firm in Spokane before taking time off from the practice of law to start a family. During that time, Caitlin served as the Director of Operations for a financial planning firm, which sparked her interest in estate planning and ultimately led her to open a solo-practice estate planning firm.

Caitlin approaches her work from a place of service and compassion. Throughout law school, she was heavily involved in public service activities including the Moderate Means Program, Gonzaga’s Public Interest Law Project, and Gonzaga Law’s Environmental Law Clinic. With a desire to return to public service, Caitlin ceased private practice and now serves as the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Spokane Valley. Her work focuses on civil enforcement / prosecution and land use. However, she enjoys supplementing her work by assisting Prunty Law in estate planning matters – the best of both worlds.

Caitlin’s passions include spending time horseback in the Jarbidge Wilderness with her dad, running, reading, and adventures with her family. She resides in Spokane with her partner David and their three children.

Education

• Gonzaga University School of Law (Juris Doctor – 2013)
• Eastern Washington University (Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – 2006)
• Professional Memberships/Community Activities
• Washington State Bar Association
• Spokane County Bar Association
• Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys