Opinion
No. 83730-COA
02-28-2024
Charles LAM, Individually and Derivatively on Behalf of Tran Enterprises, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company, and as Trustee of the NT Revocable Living Trust Dated the 15th of October 2009, Appellant, v. P. Sterling KERR, Individually and as Trustee of the NT Legacy Trust, Dated the 15th Day of October 2009; Nhu Tran Foundation, Inc., a Nevada Non-Profit Corporation; and Court Appointed Receiver, Robert Ansara of Dunham Trust Company, Respondents.
Charles Lam appeals from district court orders permitting the payment of attorney fees in a trust matter. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Mark R. Denton, Judge.
To the extent that Lam, in proper person, seeks to pursue this appeal as trustee of the NT Revocable Living Trust and derivatively as a member of Tran Enterprises, LLC, no statute or court rule authorizes an entity to represent itself or to be represented by a nonlawyer in this court. See State v. Stu’s Bail Bonds, 115 Nev. 436, 436 n. 1, 991 P.2d 469, 470 n. 1 (1999); see also Salman v. Newell, 110 Nev. 1333, 1336, 885 P.2d 607, 608 (1994) (holding that trustee who is not an attorney cannot represent trust in either district court or supreme court, and trusts cannot proceed in proper person in supreme court); and Sunde v. Contel of California, 112 Nev. 541, 542-43. 915 P.2d 298, 298-99 (1996) (providing that president of corporation could not represent corporation on appeal even though corporation had assigned its rights in litigation to president). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as to the NT Revocable Living Trust Dated the 15th of October 2009, and Tran Enterprises, LLC.
AFFIRMING IN PART. DISMISSING IN PART.