Kristen E. Simmons, Esq. is a founding partner of Simmons Freeman LLC, in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more than 17 years, she has been counseling clients in the areas of estate planning and asset protection planning. Kristen is well respected in the estate planning community and was recently named as 2021's "Lawyer of the Year" in Tax Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. In addition to inclusion for Tax Law, she has also been included in The Best Lawyers in America® for her work in Trusts and Estates. Ms. Simmons is certified as an Estate Planning Law Specialist by the Estate law Specialist Board, Inc., an organization accredited by the American Bar Association and affiliated with the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. She has been designated as an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP®) by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. Each year from 2016-2021, she was named a Super Lawyer by Mountain States Super Lawyers in the area of Estate Planning and Probate. From 2008 through 2015, Ms. Simmons was listed as one of Nevada's Rising Stars in the Mountain States Super Lawyers magazine in (1) Tax and in (2) Estate Planning & Probate.