Craig Stone

S. Craig Stone II is a partner in the Tax and Estates Department of the Las Vegas office of Fox Rothschild LLP. Mr. Stone has been practicing in the State of Nevada since 1993 and provides legal advice and appropriate counsel and services to affluent clients in the areas of wealth preservation strategies, estate planning, probate and estate administration, guardianships, income and estate tax law, business and commercial law, business organizations (including nonprofits) and succession planning and asset protection planning.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Stone was in solo practice with Stone Law Offices, Ltd.

Mr. Stone’s personal practice emphasizes the following philosophies:

Mission Statement

• To assist our clients and their families in identifying their life’s purposes, passions, values and goals.
• To provide creative, cutting-edge, estate, tax, charitable and business planning advice and solutions that are appropriate to our clients’ unique needs, concerns and commitments.
• To craft highly-personalized, comprehensive, "client-centered" estate plans that are technically sound, tax efficient, accurate without compromising flexibility, incorporate the client's financial, social, emotional and spiritual values and aspirations, and establish a meaningful legacy during the client's lifetime and beyond.
• Whenever possible and if appropriate, to recommend and assist a client in creating and implementing an estate plan that promotes philanthropy through planned giving.

Core Values and Beliefs

• Every client is unique in his or her hopes, dreams, values, goals, purposes, passions, talents and treasures.
• Every client has a "story" that can and should be preserved for their lifetime and generations to come.
• Every client has a potential legacy - either one that is already clarified, or one that can be identified through a discovery process.
• Every client’s needs and life will change over time. Accordingly, estate planning is not an "event," but a life-long process that must be adapted to each client’s evolving situation.
• Every client is entitled to and shall receive exceptional business courtesy and a world class experience.

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Mr. Stone attended Christian Brothers University in Tennessee where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting (Magna Cum Laude, 1990). He subsequently attended the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree (1993).

Prior to entering into law, Mr. Stone worked in public accounting and holds the designation of Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A., Missouri - Inactive).

The following is a summary of Mr. Stone’s bar admissions, professional associations and memberships, and interests:

Bar Admissions:
Nevada, 1993
U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 1993
U.S. Tax court, 2003

Articles / Publications:
Co-Author, Nevada Implements New Business Licensing Fee Structure and Procedures for All Nevada Registered Entities, Tax & Estates Department Alert (December 2009)
Co-Author, The Nevada Domestic Partnership Act: Your Rights, Benefits, Duties and Obligations Under the New Law, a Fox Rothschild, LLP Guidebook (November 2009)