Gabe was formerly a partner in the Boulder law firm of Vranesh and Raisch, LLP, and joins Clark Hill International law firm in 2025.  He specializes in water quality, water rights and environmental matters, assisting municipal and industrial clients in navigating compliance with the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Colorado Water Quality Control Act, and Colorado water law. He has a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Ithaca College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Gabe also participated as a piano student in the International Summer Academy at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria and studied musicology as a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.