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State Bar & Bar Associations

Dec. 13, 2024

Officials praise Sacramento County Attorney of the Year Ognian Gavrilov

Officials in the state capital praised the Bulgarian immigrant who has become known as a white knight, riding to the rescue in difficult cases or last-minute trial hearings.

Officials praise Sacramento County Attorney of the Year Ognian Gavrilov
Ognian Gavrilov, left, received the Sacramento County Bar Association's Nancy Sheehan Distinguished Attorney for the Year Award for 2024 at the organization's annual meeting on Wednesday night. The managing partner with Gavrilov & Brooks is shown with California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, whom he helped defend in a sexual harassment lawsuit this year. Photo by Jessica K. Wilson, courtesy of the Sacramento County Bar Association.

State Treasurer Fiona Ma said her association with Ognian Gavrilov began with the prophetic words: "I need to meet this super attorney."

Ma was addressing the Sacramento County Bar Association's annual meeting on Wednesday night, where the managing partner of Gavrilov & Brooks received the organization's Nancy Sheehan Distinguished Attorney of the Year Award for 2024.

"I had a bogus lawsuit filed against me because we had to let go of one of my...

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