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Katten

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : California: Southern


Katten

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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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  • They are smart, detail-oriented and go above and beyond in providing good advice.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
  • The Katten team has a high level of knowledge, they are very diligent and quick to respond to clients and professionals.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
  • The attorneys stand out for their deep industry expertise and practical, client-focused solutions. They combine legal knowledge with strategic insight, delivering efficient, tailored results that go beyond standard advice.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
  • The Katten team is incredibly sophisticated and discerning with the ability to provide highly relevant and effective solutions - then to communicate them to clients clearly and fully, making sure they are enabled by the solutions, not mystified by them.

    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 is one of the top trust and estate lawyers in town. She would be a go-to for a new client looking for proactive, dedicated professional.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Clients absolutely love working with Abby. Her knowledge and level of sophistication is as high as I've seen in the Los Angeles trust and estates community.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Abby is incredibly smart, unbelievably responsive, thoughtful and all around fantastic human being who genuinely cares about her clients.

      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.

    • She is my absolute favourite, whatever the case may be. She really goes beyond her call of duty and tries to help her clients.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Carol anticipates potential changes based on stage of life, develops strategies to address catastrophic events, and helps clients to balance competing factors of cost, time and sanity.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Carol's depth of expertise, her ability to communicate and her focus on timely execution of the most appropriate solutions for clients' needs is incredible.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Carol is one of the most responsive and dedicated lawyers I have worked with. Clients know they are getting a lawyer that really cares about their needs.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

Ranked Individuals at Katten (2)

California: Southern

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