Layne T. Rushforth -- Biography Husband, Father, Attorney, Lecturer

Layne T. Rushforth

Background and History

• Layne T. Rushforth was born in 1951 and raised in Kaysville, Utah, a wonderful city 17 miles north of Salt Lake City. He graduated from Davis High School in 1969.

• He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania, primarily to Spanish-speaking people.

• Mr. Rushforth graduated cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1975 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Spanish. Later that same year he started dating his wife-to-be, Sharon Arbenz.

• In February of 1976, he married Sharon Arbenz.

• In 1978, he graduated cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University with a Juris Doctor Degree.
  
  J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University

• Mr. Rushforth practiced law in Utah from 1978 to the beginning of 1981.

• In 1981, he and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
  
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  LDS Las Vegas Temple.
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• From 1981 until 1988, he was a partner in the law firm of JOHNSON & RUSHFORTH, P.C.

• From 1988 until 1990, he was a partner with several attorneys who practiced under ever-changing firm names.

• From 1990 until 1995, Layne was the senior associate for estate planning with the law firm of BECKLEY, SINGLETON, JEMISON & LIST, CHTD., with offices in Las Vegas and Reno.

• From 1996 until 2002, Mr. Rushforth was the lead attorney in the Las Vegas office of The Busch Firm, 9505 Hillwood Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134-0527. Mr. Rushforth was a shareholder and a director of The Busch Firm until June of 2002.

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  Today

  
  The Rushforth Firm, Ltd.

• Mr. Rushforth practices law as the sole shareholder and president of The Rushforth Firm, Ltd., a Nevada Professional Limited-Liability Company, with its office at 9505 Hillwood Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134-0514. Telephone: 702-255-4552; Fax: 702-255-4677.^Note

• Mr. Rushforth is a "fellow" with the American College of Trust & Estate Council ("ACTEC"), a national association of attorneys who focus their practices in the area of wills, trusts, probate, business, and tax planning. He is also a member of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council, and served as its president for two years (1986-88). He was a member of the now-defunct Nevada Planned Giving Roundtable, serving as its president in 1997, and he is on the advisory board for charitable organizations. He has served as a member and chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee for the Clark County Bar Association.

• Layne and Sharon Rushforth are the proud parents of six adult children and have four (soon to be six) grandchildren.

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  NOTE: On June 1, 2002, The Rushforth Firm, Ltd. began formal operation as an independent law office, rather than as an affiliate of The Busch Firm. The Rushforth Firm, Ltd. will be "of counsel" to The Busch Firm, meaning that the two firms will continue to collaborate on legal work.  The Busch Firm has its main office at 2532 Dupont Drive, Irvine, California 92612-1524, Telephone: (949) 474-7368 or (800) 548-4174; Fax: (949) 474-7732.

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