Kevin J. Moore, LL.M.

Founder/Shareholder

Kevin J. Moore is the founding partner of KJMLAW Partners, a Pasadena estate planning, trust, and probate law firm he established in 1992 to invest in his hometown community. A third-generation Pasadenean, Mr. Moore built the firm around a focused practice in estate planning, trusts, and probate, with additional depth in domestic and international business transactions, tax planning, and tax controversy representation for individuals and companies throughout Pasadena and the greater San Gabriel Valley.

Practice Areas

• Estate Planning & Trusts
• Trust Administration
• Probate Litigation
• Tax – Business Tax Litigation, Property Tax Assessment, and Transaction & Business Tax
• International Estate and Tax Planning – International Business Tax, International Estate Planning, International Transactions & Tax Planning, German/US International Estate Planning 

Representative Experience

• Represented the dominant shareholder in a family-owned manufacturing business with revenues in excess of $10 million against a lawsuit alleging fraud brought by another shareholder; the court granted a demurrer dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice, a result affirmed on appeal
• Represented a homeowner in a successful inverse condemnation suit against the City of Los Angeles for damages caused by the City’s negligent maintenance of a hillside retaining wall

Probate Litigation Cases Include:

• In connection with the Estate of Michael Jackson, sued the estate’s executor for failing to recognize a claim filed by a client against the estate
• Represented the heirs of a decedent’s first wife after they were deprived of their interest in real property owned by a trust when that property was transferred out of the trust and given to the decedent’s second wife

Insights & Presentations

• U.S.-Germany Tax Issues and Planning for Dual Taxpayers: Compliance Requirements, Treaty Operations, 2026
• Tax, Estate Planning and the World Economy Master Class, STEP Orange County 14th Annual Institute, 2026
• Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLATs) and Spousal Lifetime Access Non-Grantor Trusts (SLANTs), Pasadena Bar Association, 2025
• The Purpose of Purpose Trusts, 62^nd annual Hawaii Tax Institute (HTI) Conference, 2025

Professional Organizations & Community Involvement

• Active sponsor of local youth, high school, and professional sports teams in the Pasadena community
• Grandview Foundation, Director

Awards and Recognition

• Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law – State Bar of California
• Southern California Super Lawyers, Since 2022

Court Admissions

• California

Education

• Western State University College of Law (J.D.)
• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (LL.M., International Taxation and Business)
• San Diego State University, School of Accountancy (B.S., Business Administration/Accounting)