John R. Mugan

John R. Mugan is an associate attorney at JEFFREY BURR. He graduated seventh in his class from Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973 earning his Juris Doctor (J.D.) While attending law school John worked in the Clerk’s Office of the Douglas County, Nebraska, County Court (Probate Jurisdiction), Honorable Robert Troyer, Douglas County Judge. John is an accomplished attorney with over thirty years of extensive estate planning and business law experience including estate and trust litigation, and has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV by his peers. John has represented numerous individual and corporate fiduciaries, beneficiaries and litigants throughout his professional career. John is a frequent speaker on estate planning and estate/trust litigation to professional associations and institutions, and has testified as an expert witness. John is Past President of the Siouxland Estate Planning Council and of the Woodbury County Bar Association, and is a member of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council, the Probate and Trust Sections of the Nevada State Bar Association and the Iowa State Bar Association, and the Nevada Justice Association. John’s civic and charitable associations include serving as past president of the local chapter of Rotary International and as a board member of the Siouxland Regional Cancer Center, Missouri River Historical Development, Sioux City Public Museum, Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center and Heelan High School. John is licensed to practice law in the states of Nevada, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, and before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Tax Court. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees John R. Mugan included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV Other Sources of Feedback About John R. Mugan Included on the 2023Mountain States Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2022 Mountain States Super Lawyers list 2021 Mountain States Super Lawyers list 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers list 2019 Mountain States Super Lawyers list 2018 Mountain States Super Lawyers list 2015 Mountain States Super Lawyers list 2014 Mountain States Super Lawyers list

• Associate

• Nevada
• Iowa
• Nebraska
• South Dakota
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court

• Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council (Member)
• Nevada State Bar Association, Probate and Trust Sections (Member)
• Nevada State Bar Association (Member)
• Iowa State Bar Association (Member)
• Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Siouxland Regional Cancer Center (Board Member)
• Missouri River Historical Development (Board Member)
• Sioux City Public Museum (Board Member)
• Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center (Board Member)
• Heelan High School (Board Member)