Kimberly Pray

With an advanced degree in taxation and an interdisciplinary background in law, business, and non-profits, Kimberly’s practice includes trusts & estates, including estate planning, probate, and trust administration, taxation, as well as advising businesses and tax-exempt organizations.

Kimberly serves multiple generations of Oregonians, advising clients ranging from high-net-worth to those with more modest assets, on estate planning, probate, and trust administration. Her practice focuses on simple and complex estate planning, charitable giving, business succession planning, and related federal and state tax law issues.

Kimberly advises start-ups, benefit corporations, and non-profit organizations on matters including taxation, corporate governance, and transactions. She also represents clients’ interests across a range of federal and state tax controversy matters, including collections, examinations, and appeals.  

She has experience representing tax-exempt organizations, both large and small, including public charities, private foundations, community foundations, and social welfare organizations. She has advised tax-exempt organizations in a wide variety of contexts, such as qualification for tax-exempt status, corporate governance, political and lobbying activities, grantmaking, excise taxes, unrelated business income tax, joint ventures, for-profit subsidiaries, mission- and program-related investments, and other social enterprise vehicles.

Kimberly is a founding director and Secretary of the Board of the Commons Law Center, a non-profit affiliate law firm launched in 2016 to provide legal help for everyday people – because no one should be denied the right to timely and affordable access to justice.

Prior to founding Catalyst Law in 2014, Kimberly held positions as Associate Attorney for a small law firm, General Counsel at a finance consulting firm, and Adjunct Instructor at the University of Oregon School of Law.

Before law school, Kimberly worked in the non-profit sector for nearly a decade. Her position as Director of Development for Ecotrust, a Portland, Oregon-based nonprofit organization, led her to pursue a career in tax law in order to facilitate social change through philanthropy, business, and social enterprise.

Born and raised in Eugene, Kimberly enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, travel, gardening, and cooking with fresh ingredients grown close to home.