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Gabriel Kontarovsky is a senior associate in the firm’s Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Administration Department. Gabriel graduated from the Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law in 2016. During his time at Pepperdine, Gabriel served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of National Association of Administrative Law, and received the Dean’s Excellence Scholarship and a CALI Award in Advanced Legal Research, Advanced Wills and Trusts, and Estate Planning Seminar. Gabriel graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy.

Practice Focus

• Estate Planning
• Trust and Probate Administration

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of California, 2017

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
  • Philosophy
• Juris Doctor, Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law, 2016
  • Dean’s Excellence Scholarship
  • CALI Award: Advanced Legal Research
  • Journal of National Association of Administrative Law, Associate Editor
  • 2015 Armand Arabian Advocacy Tournament, Quarterfinalist
  • 2014 Moriarity First-Year Moot Court Competition, Semifinalist

Professional Associations

• Probate Attorneys of San Diego
• San Diego Appellate Inn of Court
• California Lawyers Association

Professional Experience

• Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Kimball, LLP, 2024-Present
• Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead, LLP, 2023-2024
• Fozi Dwork & Modafferi, LLP f/k/a Meyers Fozi & Dwork, LLP, 2020-2023
• San Diego Elder Law Center, 2018-2019
• United States District Court, Central District of California, 2016
  • Judicial Extern to Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew, Sr. District Judge

Additional Languages

• Spanish (Native Fluent)