Keziah Gates LLP was founded in 1977. Its principal areas of practice are:

• Business and tax planning
• Transactions for privately held businesses and their owners
• Commercial loans and transactions
• Estate planning and probate
• Commercial and residential real property development and transactions
• Commercial, corporate and business litigation, including construction litigation and arbitration
  
• Commercial and retail collections, including representation of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. 

The firm's normal practice is to refer personal injury, criminal, family law and workers' compensation matters to others.