Kara P. Gray
Kara Gray focuses her practice on estate planning, estate and trust administrations, business succession planning, and charitable giving. She works closely with clients to develop an estate plan that achieves their legacy goals and minimizes taxes through the implementation of various estate planning strategies, including grantor retained annuity trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, and irrevocable life insurance trusts.
During law school, Kara served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Gregg E. Johnson and participated in the Uvaldo Herrera Moot Court Competition. She also worked as a Street Law volunteer for the Minnesota Justice Foundation by teaching legal rights and responsibilities to low-income and at-risk youth.
Kara grew up in Colorado. When she is not practicing law, she enjoys yoga sculpt, spending time with her family, and serving as a student mentor.
Events
Presentations
- Co-presenter, "Estate Planning Strategies for a Pandemic: Leveraging Uncertainty in a Locked-Down World,” Minnesota CLE, Live Webcast Seminar, June 22, 2021
News Releases
Professional Affiliations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association New Lawyers Section, Diversity Committee Co-Chair, 2016-present
Community Involvement
- Wills for Heroes, volunteer attorney, 2015-present
- Twin Cities Diversity in Practice and Mitchell Mentors, student mentor, 2015-present
Honors
- “North Star Lawyers,” Minnesota State Bar Association (2015-2016, 2018)

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Minneapolis
80 South Eighth Street500 IDS CenterMinneapolis, MN 55402
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Practices
Court Memberships
- Minnesota
Education
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2015
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, B.S./B.A., 2010