Kurt Solay

Kurt Solay is a partner at Nooney & Solay LLP in Rapid City, South Dakota. His practice centers on business and estate planning matters, including trusts and estates, taxation, business law, corporate law, and related transactions. Solay works with clients on legal structures and planning issues that affect businesses, property, estates, and fiduciary responsibilities. His background in tax law adds depth to matters where legal planning and financial consequences closely intersect.

Solay completed his undergraduate education at the University of South Dakota with honors. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1985 and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1987. His advanced tax education provides a strong foundation for estate planning, trust administration, business transactions, and corporate matters. It supports careful consideration of tax consequences alongside ownership, succession, and administrative goals.

Solay advises on business transactions, corporate matters, estate planning, trusts, probate, and related property concerns. His work includes planning and administration as well as legal analysis for clients making decisions about ownership, transfers, fiduciary duties, and business structures. He has been admitted in South Dakota and Texas and to the US Tax Court. His practice combines legal planning with knowledge of tax rules that can shape business and estate decisions.

Kurt Solay brings decades of experience to business and estate planning clients at Nooney & Solay LLP. His work is grounded in legal, business, and tax analysis, allowing him to address complex planning questions with attention to long-term consequences. He helps clients structure transactions, prepare estate plans, administer trusts and probate matters, and evaluate legal choices affecting closely held businesses, family assets, and property interests.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Nooney & Solay LLP
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, State Bar of South Dakota
• Member, Pennington County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Rapid City Chamber of Commerce

Licensed State

• Texas
• South Dakota

Education

• New York University
  Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation
• University of Kansas School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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