Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Sandra K. Newman and Rebecca Eberhardt have joined the firm as its first private wealth planning practitioners in its Chicago office. The move expands the firm’s elite private wealth practice to Chicago.
“We are thrilled to get two of the best private wealth practice attorneys in Chicago to join our office,” said Kenneth Roberts, managing partner, Venable Chicago. “We continue to attract top-tier talent, and their addition is a big win for Venable and the needs of our clients.”
Ms. Newman focuses her practice on wealth planning and preservation, family office management, tax, multigenerational trusts, business succession, and philanthropic planning. She represents clients in such industries as fine art, digital media/entertainment, film, and publishing.
Ms. Newman said about joining Venable, “Private wealth planning is a first-class, core practice at Venable in the major coastal markets, and we are pleased to make that practice available in Chicago. If I could design the perfect platform for a private wealth planning practice, it would be what Venable offers: smart and sophisticated lawyers in a full suite of practice areas delivering excellent service efficiently and cost-effectively.”
Ms. Newman has been recognized repeatedly by Chambers High Net Worth, The Best Lawyers in America, Worth magazine, and Leading Lawyers, Illinois.
Ms. Eberhardt’s practice encompasses all aspects of estate and gift tax planning, trust and estate administration and settlement, philanthropic planning, and fiduciary counsel. Her clients include individuals and families, family business owners, corporate executives, banks and trust companies, and private foundations.
Ms. Eberhardt said about joining Venable, “It is a privilege to join Venable’s already deep bench of wealth planning attorneys and industry leaders, and I look forward to growing the firm’s capabilities in this practice area for clients in Chicago and the Midwest.”
Doug Siegler, co-chair of the firm’s Wealth Planning Practice, said, “We are thrilled to welcome Sandra and Rebecca to help launch the Private Wealth Planning team in our Chicago office. Both Sandra and Rebecca bring extensive and wide-ranging skills, experience, and relationships that will enhance the services we can provide to our clients and help us expand the depth and reach of our highly regarded wealth planning practice to Chicago.”
Venable’s Chicago office serves as the firm’s Midwestern anchor. Nationally recognized attorneys advise clients on matters related to construction law, government investigations, privacy and data security, intellectual property, corporate law, litigation, and product liability. For more information, visit our Chicago office page.
Venable LLP is an American Lawyer Global 100 law firm headquartered in Washington D.C. that serves as primary counsel to a worldwide clientele of large and mid-sized organizations, nonprofits, high-net-worth entrepreneurs, and other individuals. With more than 900 professionals across the country, in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Virginia, and Washington D.C., the firm strategically advances its clients’ objectives in the United States and around the globe. Venable advises clients on a broad range of business and regulatory law, legislative affairs, complex litigation, and the full range of intellectual property disciplines. For more information, please visit https://www.Venable.com/.
