Kelly A. Pearl, Esq., CES®

Kelly Pearl, Exchange Counsel for IPX1031’s National Reverse and Improvement Exchange Division, is an attorney licensed to practice in California. She attended the University of San Diego School of Law where she received a Juris Doctorate in 1993 and a Master of Laws in Taxation in 1998, and the University of California, San Diego, where she received a BA in Linguistics in 1987.

Prior to joining IPX1031, Kelly spent 15 years as exchange counsel for the Exchange Division of a large national bank headquartered in Utah, 6½ years as exchange counsel for a large Midwest bank, managing their West Coast operations, and 3 years with national title insurers. Kelly began her law career as an attorney in San Diego, specializing first in real estate litigation and transactional matters and then later in estate planning, trust administration, probate and elder law. Kelly was one of the very first recipients of the Certified Exchange Specialist® designation from the Federation of Exchange Accommodators and was Chair of the CES® Certification Council from 2010 to 2016 and 2019 to 2023.

In September 2012, Kelly was awarded the Federation of Exchange Accommodators President’s Award for her significant, outstanding contributions and, in September 2017, she was awarded The Margo McDonnell Certified Exchange Specialist® Perpetual Award by the CES® Certification Council in recognition of her extraordinary service to the 1031 Exchange industry—she is one of only a handful of individuals in the nation to have received both awards.