Mr. Gortinsky was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  He speaks Spanish.  His family has also maintained their Russian heritage.  Mr. Gortinsky is also fluent in Russian.  He is married.  Mr. Gortinsky and his family live in Sacramento, California.

Mr. Gortinsky has been working in the legal field since 1996.  He worked as a student intern since his first year of law school.  After he became an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Mr. Gortinsky practiced with the prestigious civil litigation law firm of McDonald, Saeltzer, Morris, Creeggan & Waddock.  He started his own practice in 2005 in Fair Oaks, California.

Mr. Gortinsky obtained a Juris Doctorate Degree from the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific.  In law school, Mr. Gortinsky was a recipient of the Bancroft-Whitney American Jurisprudence Award for Criminal Procedure and McGeorge School of Law for Outstanding Contribution to Legal Scholarship in International Advocacy.
He is admitted to practice in California’s State Courts; U.S. Federal District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; and the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.