Dan W. Kehr

Partner

Daniel W. Kehr is a partner in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Business practice group, where he provides corporate general counsel, technology, real estate, as well as trust, estate and succession planning legal services.

He represents entrepreneurs, privately owned businesses and high-net-worth individuals. Dan provides legal services for a variety of individuals, entrepreneurs, investors and businesses, including start-ups and mature companies, across a broad range of industries, such as technology, software, Internet, gaming, insurance, manufacturing, distribution, real estate and professional services. He handles a variety of complex business, real estate, cyberspace and estate matters, both foreign and domestic.

Dan’s practice entails corporate transactions and organizations including:

• mergers and acquisitions
• restructuring
• shareholder agreements
• intellectual property prosecution, protection and licensing transactions
• governance
• real estate and real estate finance
• complex contracts
• intellectual property law including trademark and copyright
• trusts, estates and succession planning, as well as asset protection

He organizes and represents domestic, as well as international, businesses, trusts and estates. He represents his clients in commercial contract negotiations, asset protection, wealth preservation, regulatory compliance on a state and federal level as well as corporate and employment matters.

Dan founded and managed his own law firm, Kehr Law, for 12 years before joining BB&K. His experience as a business owner makes Dan uniquely suited to approach legal representation from the business owner’s perspective.

Dan grew up in Huntington Beach, Calif. He was an NCAA intercollegiate baseball athlete and received many honors for both his academic and athletic achievements. He completed his studies at California Western School of Law in two years, and passed the California bar exam while studying at the University of San Diego.

At age 8, Dan started his first business, “Dan’s Bird Farm,” where he bred and supplied exotic birds to the four local pet stores in Huntington Beach. Dan now enjoys spending time with his two boys, golfing, starting businesses, giving back to the community, feeding the homeless, traveling, watching sports and eating sushi. 

Education

• California Western School of Law, J.D.
• University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.

Bar Admissions

• California

Dan W. Kehr

Partner

• “In Defense of Technology - Embracing Social Media In Legal Cases,” San Diego Lawyer Magazine, Aug. 3, 2012
• “Turning the Technology Page,” San Diego Lawyer Magazine, Dec. 11, 2011
• “App of Your Eye,” San Diego Lawyer Magazine, July 11, 2011
• “Stepping Up to Tech,” San Diego Lawyer Magazine, April 1, 2011
• “Small Firms, Big Impact,” San Diego Lawyer Magazine, Oct. 1, 2010
• “Corporate Insights: Estate Planning/Trust/Probate,” San Diego Lawyer Magazine, May 4, 2010
• “Future Is Now For Small Firms & Solos - Small Firm & Sole Practitioner Section,” San Diego County Bar Association Newspaper, March 16, 2005