Renee Gabbard has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as a partner in the firm’s Irvine office. She will practice with the firm’s Private Client Service Group.
Gabbard will be joined from her previous firm by Of Counsel Edward Peck and Associate Megan Acosta, who also will practice with the firm’s Private Client Service Group. Peck will practice in the firm’s New York office and Acosta will practice in the firm’s Irvine office. Peck received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 and his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. Acosta received her J.D. in 2008 from Pepperdine University School of Law and her B.A. in 2005 from the University of California at Berkeley.
“Renee, Ed and Megan are exciting additions to our practice. They will give us tremendous strength in our tax and private client practices on both coasts, allowing us to better serve our clients,” said Frank McGaughey, leader of the firm’s Private Client Service Group. “For Renee, Ed and Megan, this move reflects their longstanding commitment to their own clients, and will afford them opportunities to better serve their needs.”
Gabbard’s practice focuses on privately held businesses, high net worth clients and charitable organizations. She specializes in tax planning, charitable planning, family office planning, insurance planning and trust administration. Gabbard has experience in business succession and wealth planning for high net worth families, and families with concentrated stock ownership or privately held businesses.
Gabbard received her J.D. in 1992 from New York University and her B.A. in 1989 from the University of Southern California.
