Gordon R. Muir

Gordon R. Muir, a partner with the law firm of Hawkins, Folsom and Muir in Reno, returned from the Ukraine where he taught a course in the Ukraine on trial advocacy, citizenship ethics, democracy and the rule of law in a free society.

The course co-sponsored by The Leavitt Institute and the U.S. Agency for International Development was taught to law students at the National University Yaroslov Law Academy, Karazin University and Internal Affairs University in Kharkiv, Ukraine, as well as to law students at Shevchenko University, Internal Affairs Police Academy, European University and the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Muir has practiced for over 29 years in the areas of estate planning, trusts and estates, will contests, and trust and estate litigation, and has achieved an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the world's most trusted legal resource. The rating, which is based on peer review, is the highest possible awarded by Martindale-Hubbell for an attorney's legal ability and ethical standards.