Renee M. Gabbard
Partner
Services & Specializations
Admissions
California
Address
200 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 1650, Irvine, CA 92618
525 B Street, Suite 2200, San Diego, CA 92101
12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400, San Diego, CA 92130
Office Tel.
949.346.8397
Fax
619.788.5565
Overview
Renee provides her clients—including privately held businesses, high net worth clients, and charitable organizations—a wide range of legal services including all aspects of income, capital gains, gift and estate tax planning, charitable planning, advanced wealth and business succession planning, capital gains tax deferral techniques, acquisition, sale and liquidity planning, private corporate structuring, asset freeze techniques, family office planning, insurance planning, trust tax planning, and trust administration. Her experience includes business succession and wealth planning for high net worth families and families with concentrated stock, real estate, sports teams and/or privately held businesses. Renee provides these services by combining two disciplines, the Federal Gift and Estate Tax with the formation and taxation of privately held pass through entities such as limited partnerships, LLCs, and S Corporations. Renee lectures and teaches frequently. She is a former adjunct professor at both Chapman Law School and Golden Gate University’s Masters in Taxation program.
- Best Lawyers®, Trusts and Estates, 2013-present
- Martindale Hubbell® AV Preeminent rating
- Honoree, Chapman University School of Law Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF), 2014
- Distinguished Honoree of the Year, THE Breast Cancer Fundraiser, 2012
- Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services, State Bar of California, 2012
- Outstanding Woman in Business of the Year, Orange County Business Journal, 2009
- Super Lawyers®, 2004-2006
- Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization since 1999
- JD, New York University, 1992
- BA (Economics), University of Southern California, 1989
- Truman Scholar
- Panelist. “Estate Planning in Uncertain Times: How Flexible should an Estate Plan Be?” Procopio International Tax Institute, San Diego, CA, May 25, 2023.
- Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) Orange County Chapter, Member of Board of Directors
- International Bar Association, Member
- California State Bar Association, Member
- The Supreme Court for the United States of America, Member
- Cortese Elder Law Clinic at Chapman University School of Law, Former Chair
- Professional Advisor’s Committee for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Foundation, Member
- California Club, Member
- Shady Canyon Country Club, Member
- Laguna Beach Presbyterian Church, Parish 17, Former Deacon