Ella Gower

Managing Shareholder
Walnut Creek, CA
925.941.3211
ella.gower@msrlegal.com
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Ella is the managing shareholder at Miller Starr Regalia and is Chair of the Common Interest Development Practice Group. She advises residential, commercial, and mixed-use development clients on land sharing issues and assists clients with real estate transactions.

Ella is the managing shareholder at Miller Starr Regalia and is Chair of the Common Interest Development Practice Group. She advises residential, commercial, and mixed-use development clients on land sharing issues and assists clients with real estate transactions.

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Biography

Ella Gower is the managing shareholder at Miller Starr Regalia. As Chair of the Common Interest Development Practice Group, Ella prepares governing documents and related easement and land sharing agreements for residential, commercial and mixed-use developments. The developments include high-rise mixed-use condominium projects, mixed-use planned developments, master planned communities, senior housing projects and cohousing communities.

She advises clients regarding issues related to the Subdivision Map Act, Subdivided Lands Act, Commercial and Industrial Common Interest Development Act, Davis-Stirling Act and the Right to Repair Law (SB 800). She regularly assists clients with obtaining local and state project approvals.

Education

J.D., University of California, Davis, School of Law (2006)

B.A., University of California, Davis, Political Science - Public Service and History (2002)

Associations

Building Industry Association (BIA), Bay Area 

  • Current Chair of Department of Real Estate Committee
  • Past Chair Department of Real Estate Committee (2016, 2019 - 2021)
  • Past Director, Board of Directors
  • Past Chair, Associate’s Committee

California Building Industry Association (CBIA) 

  • Current Member of Legal Affairs Committee, Government Affairs Committee and Department of Real Estate Committee
  • Past Chair, Department of Real Estate Committee (2018-2019)
  • Past Vice Chair, Department of Real Estate Committee (2016-2017)

Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA)

East Bay Leadership Council (EBLC) – Board of Directors

Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship Fund – Board of Directors

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Northern California Advisory Committee

Pro Bono Attorney for Unaccompanied Minors

Publications

“The Interstate Land Sales Act: What Counsel For A California Developer Should Know,” Miller & Starr, California Newsalert, Volume 33, Number 6, July 2023

“How I Made Managing Partner,” Law.com, June 28, 2021

Chapter 29 “Subdivision Offerings, Sales and Leasing,” Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th (co-author)

Chapter 28, “Common Interest Developments,” Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th (co-author)

“Separate But Not Equal: The New Commercial Industrial Common Interest Development Statute,” Miller & Starr, California Newsalert, reprinted in part from Volume 24, Number 4, March 2014

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November 6, 2025

U.S. News - Best Lawyers® Names Miller Starr Regalia to “Best Law Firms” Oakland Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in Land Use & Zoning Law and Real Estate Law

Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 60 years, announced today that for the 15th consecutive year it has been named by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® a Regional Tier 1 law firm in the Oakland metropolitan area. The firm is recognized for its experience in land use & zoning and real estate law.

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Miller Starr Regalia Expands Transactional Department with Three-Attorney Team from Bartko Pavia in Walnut Creek

Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 60 years, announced today the addition of a three-attorney team to its growing Transactional Department in Walnut Creek. Joining MSR from Bartko Pavia, the trio is led by shareholder Hilda Senseney and includes senior counsel Kimberly Weber and Hector Suarez. The group brings decades of experience representing national retail and office tenants in California and across the U.S., managing transactions related to retail and office portfolios. 

In The News
November 7, 2024

Miller Starr Regalia Receives “Best Law Firms” Metropolitan Tier 1 Ranking in Land Use & Zoning Law and Real Estate Law in Oakland from Best Lawyers®

Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 60 years, announced today that for the 14th consecutive year it has been named a Tier 1 law firm in the Oakland metropolitan area by Best Lawyers® . The firm is recognized for its experience in land use and zoning and real estate law in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms.