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Katten

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2025 : California: Southern


Katten

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About

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Wealth management is an ongoing, ever-evolving service for our private clients, which include domestic and international high-net-worth individuals, family-owned businesses, trusts and trustees, personal investment vehicles, other closely held business entities, and family offices. The complex problems confronting individual clients involve local, federal and international tax, estate planning, trust and estate administration, and litigation and alternative dispute resolution laws, rules and regulations. We focus on creating and implementing an integrated structure that will accomplish the client’s business and personal objectives in a tax-efficient and predictable manner, with sufficient flexibility to address unanticipated change. High-net-worth individuals and their family offices turn to us for unique, holistic solutions that respond to their wealth, business and estate planning needs and to their particular wishes for family governance and succession.

Our Private Client Services attorneys work seamlessly with other Katten industry and practice teams, including Trusts and Estates, Corporate, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Tax Planning, Antitrust and Competition, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Environmental, Financial Services, Insolvency and Restructuring, and Intellectual Property, to provide private clients with creative and comprehensive representation in all areas integrated with their wealth, business, succession and estate planning.

Industries (6)

  • Private Clients / Individuals
  • Banks
  • Charities / Not for Profit
  • Financial Services
  • Health Care
  • Media

Chambers Review

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Private Wealth Law - California: Southern

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Katten's Los Angeles-based private wealth department provides estate planning and administration services, as well as charitable planning advice, to wealthy clients. Its high net worth clients include business owners and executives, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, as well as other professionals.

Strengths

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  • The Katten team have spectacular insight into law and strategy, and have superb client relations.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
  • In addition to routinely handling complex trusts and estates, Katten has the ability to navigate the myriad personal issues and dynamics inherent with many families of wealth.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
  • The team at Katten consistently produce quality work, are collaborative and work very hard for their clients.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
  • The Katten team have deep knowledge of tax planning for estate transfer planning, dealing with large real estate portfolios, business succession planning and intergenerational family dynamics.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Abby L.T. Feinman
    Band 1Abby L.T. Feinman

    Abby L.T. Feinman

    Abby Feinman provides trust and estate planning advice to high net worth individuals and family-held businesses.
    • Abby Feinman's ability to spot issues and help clients navigate complex tax and estate planning issues is unparalleled.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Abby is extremely knowledgeable with respect to both the technical skills needed for complex estate planning as well as the practical knowledge of what works for each client.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Band 1Carol A. Johnston
    Band 1Carol A. Johnston

    Carol A. Johnston

    Carol Johnston is experienced in handling a multitude of private wealth matters, including trust administration and estate tax issues. She is highly regarded for her dedication to her clients.

    • Carol Johnston goes above and beyond to meet the needs of her clients.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Carol is top notch in every possible way. I have nothing but the highest respect for Carol's expertise, strategic thinking and support.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Whenever I have high net worth clients in need of highly strategic and sophisticated estate planning services, I refer them to Carol Johnston.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • She is first rate, and her communication skills with the client are excellent.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

Ranked Individuals at Katten (2)

California: Southern

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