Hurtik Law & Associates

Focus and practice areas

Founded in 2010, this Las Vegas firm handles civil matters for individuals, corporations, and small businesses. The work covers five areas: bankruptcy, civil litigation, construction law, estate planning, and real estate law. That mix keeps the practice close to the money and property questions that Nevada residents and business owners run into. It also means one office can handle a client whose problem touches more than one of those areas.

Hurtik Law & Associates presents itself as a civil litigation practice first. The other four areas feed disputes and filings into that litigation work, which gives the firm a consistent through-line. As a reviewer, I read that structure as a firm built around resolving conflicts, with related transactional work alongside it.

Where civil litigation fits

Civil litigation is the practice the firm names as its main work. That means representing a client in a lawsuit over money, property, contracts, or business dealings, up through trial if a case goes that far. Most civil disputes settle before trial, so a litigation firm spends much of its time on pleadings, discovery, and negotiation. A client hires this kind of practice to press a claim or to defend against one.

The firm says it represents individuals, corporations, and small business entities. That client mix suggests work on both sides of common disputes, since a business and an individual can each end up as plaintiff or defendant. Small business owners in particular often face disputes that mix contract, property, and payment questions at once, which is where a broad civil practice helps. A firm that carries all three builds a steady view of how Clark County courts handle these cases.

Bankruptcy and debt work

The bankruptcy practice covers the two chapters most individuals file under. Chapter 7 clears qualifying debt through liquidation, and Chapter 13 sets up a repayment plan that usually runs three to five years. The firm also handles credit card debt and Nevada exemptions, the rules that decide what a filer keeps. Which chapter fits a given person often turns on income, assets, and the kind of debt involved.

Nevada exemptions carry real weight in a filing. State law sets how much home equity, vehicle value, and household property a person can protect from creditors. A Las Vegas firm applies those state figures as a matter of routine. For anyone weighing a filing in southern Nevada, that local grounding is a practical point in the firm's favor.

Estate planning work

On the estate side, the firm prepares wills and trusts, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, and special needs plans, and it handles probate. Probate is the court-supervised process that settles an estate after a death, and it follows its own timeline whether or not the person left a will. A revocable living trust is one common tool people use to keep assets out of that process.

Special needs planning is the more specific service in this group. It sets up financial support for a family member with a disability while protecting their eligibility for public benefits. Powers of attorney and advance directives cover the documents that let someone name who speaks for them if they cannot speak for themselves. Together these tools let a person set terms now for decisions that arrive later.

Real estate and construction matters

The real estate practice covers foreclosure, commercial real estate, property disputes, and short sales. These matters often meet the firm's bankruptcy and litigation work, since a missed mortgage or a contested sale can become a lawsuit or a filing. Keeping them together lets one lawyer stay with a problem as it changes shape. A short sale, for example, needs the lender to agree to accept less than the balance owed.

Construction law is part of the property-related work. It deals with the disputes that come up between owners, contractors, and subcontractors on building projects, such as payment fights and defect claims. Foreclosure and short sale work also overlaps with the estate and bankruptcy sides when a property is part of a larger financial picture. These cases often run through the same civil courts the firm already works in.

Who leads the firm and how it works with clients

Carrie E. Hurtik is the founding attorney and the lawyer the firm names on its pages. She started the practice in 2010 and, by the firm's account, stays with clients through the whole of a case. Her stated approach is to keep clients informed so they make their own decisions.

The firm says its attorneys hold more than 50 years of combined legal experience, which points to a team behind the founder. That figure describes the group as a whole, so it reads as a measure of the firm's overall depth. The American Institute of Legal Counsel recognized Carrie Hurtik for client satisfaction in estate planning and bankruptcy. The firm also offers services in Spanish, which widens access for a large share of the Las Vegas community.

In my opinion, the client-informed method is the firm's most concrete stated commitment, since it describes how the office works day to day. The site names its practice areas, its founding attorney, and 2010 as the year the firm opened. Consultations can be arranged by phone or through the firm's website.