High Net Worth Guide 2025 : California: Northern
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Withers Bergman LLP, also known as Withers outside of the United States, is one of the world's best-known (and most sought-after) law firms for privately held capital, in particular, among multi-generational, high net worth, and ultrahigh net worth families to service their sophisticated legal needs.
With 15 global offices, including 3 California offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, our California attorneys leverage the firm’s regional strength and global platform to best service our clients’ needs on a daily basis.
Our California offices cover a wide range of practices within private wealth law including tax, trusts, estate planning, financial services, trust and estate litigation, dispute resolution, real estate, charities, philanthropy, art and cultural assets, employment, family law and more to address the issues individuals and families face, and we leverage our business and dispute resolution practices globally to support their wider interests. We are proud that founders, creatives, leaders, senior executives, artists, entertainers, trustees and fiduciaries, families and family offices turn to our private client and tax attorneys for their private wealth law needs.
Withers’ other office locations include London, Geneva, Milan, Padua, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, British Virgin Islands, New York, Greenwich, New Haven, and Texas.
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Withers is a well-regarded firm and a major player in private wealth with a strong international practice. The Los Angeles and San Diego offices also have a litigation team experienced in dealing with contested trusts, estates and conservatorships.
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Withers is the pre-eminent law firm for managing the complex tax affairs of high net worth individuals. They have excellent global connectivity, gravitas and a strong focus on client service.
The attorneys at Withers provided logical and confidence-inspiring advice throughout this engagement. I was highly impressed with the abilities of the attorneys involved.
The Withers team are exceedingly competent and able to answer complex questions in a manner that high net worth clients can understand.
I love working with the firm. My clients love them. They are very thorough, so stellar on complex matters and amazing for international private client matters.
Withers have been very good, I have been extremely satisfied with them. They are collaborative, responsive and thorough in their advice.
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Marsha Dungog is managing director of the San Francisco office and advises wealthy clients in regard to international income, gift and estate tax issues.
Marsha is consistently thoughtful and accurate in her information.
Marsha Dungog is a first-rate excellent lawyer and tactician. Her ebullient nature and sense of humour immediately puts people at ease and makes her a pleasure to deal with.
Marsha Dungog easily identifies issues and works towards finding a solution for clients.
She has been amazing - very creative and commercial in her solutions. She has been extremely responsive and I can reach her almost anytime. She is deeply connected in the US and Australian tax world.
Marsha is one of the top international planning attorneys, with particular expertise in Canadian and Australian cross-border planning expertise. I rate her very highly.
Elizabeth is my go-to attorney for estate planning matters for high net worth clients. She is very commercial, client-focused and attentive.
Elizabeth Bawden is technical in her expertise, very thorough and incredibly knowledgeable about anything related to trust law.
Elizabeth has a fantastic client touch.
Michael Brophy is an experienced litigator representing prominent individuals, families, charities and fiduciaries in highly sensitive trust and estate contests.
Michael Brophy is a very high-quality trust and estate litigator, and knows what he is doing. He's very sharp and very technical.
I trust Michael's judgement, quality of work and ethics.
Paul Sczudlo is highly experienced in advising wealthy clients on international planning matters.
Paul Sczudlo is a top-notch cross-border private client lawyer.
Paul is a well-regarded attorney and is very strong on estate planning.
Paul is professional, thorough and effective.
Jeremy Moffit represents wealthy clients in trust, estate and probate litigation, conservatorships and administration matters.
Paul Gordon Hoffman has maintained a good reputation in the market for his estate, tax and charitable planning expertise. He is known for advising clients in the entertainment industry.
Paul Hoffman is a terrific lawyer.
Craig Weinstein is a partner in the trust, estate and inheritance disputes team at Withers. He assists on many of the team's most complex matters.
Craig is an outstanding practitioner and provided exceptional service. Our matter was highly sensitive, and Craig's attentive manner was much needed and highly valued.
Helen Cheng is regularly instructed by high net worth clients on complex trust and estate planning matters.
Helen is an excellent attorney. She's very responsive, has a high level of expertise in charitable planning and is always great to work with.
Helen has been wonderful. She is very collegial, responsive, sophisticated in her planning and very technical.
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Marsha Dungog
Louis Mezzullo
Amy Hespenheide
Charles Kolstad
Joy Chang
Helen Cheng
Steven Chidester
Kristina Hancock
Marsha Dungog
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