Klaus Gottlieb is an estate planning attorney based in San Luis Obispo, CA, with a special interest in charitable giving, quantitative methods, and uncertainty modeling. Before transitioning to law, Klaus had a distinguished career as a physician, blending private practice, academic medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry.

As a top student in his MBA program at Indiana University, he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the selective business honors society. Northwestern California University School of Law features him as a notable alumnus.

In addition to running Wealth Care Lawyer, a boutique estate planning law firm in San Luis Obispo, Klaus currently teaches Business Law and Wills and Trusts at the Monterey College of Law and is further enhancing his expertise by pursuing a dual LLM in Taxation and Estate Planning at Golden Gate University, San Francisco.

He is a founding member of the California Central Coast Estate Planning Council and was recently recognized as a rising star by Super Lawyers. Listed in Marquis Who’s Who since 2008, Klaus has established himself as a thought leader with numerous blog posts, articles, papers, and CLE presentations.