In a significant addition to its team, BakerHostetler has announced that Denise Chambliss will join the firm as a partner in their tax practice group and private wealth planning team based in San Francisco. Chambliss brings extensive experience as she represents a diverse client base, including individual and corporate trustees, executors, beneficiaries, petitioners, and respondents. Her expertise encompasses a range of contentious trust and estate matters, such as undue influence trust and will contests, defense against breach of fiduciary duty claims, adjudication of accounting objections, and financial elder abuse. Additionally, she is skilled in mediation and negotiating settlements.
Chambliss’s addition strengthens BakerHostetler’s capabilities in addressing complex trust and estate disputes. For legal professionals in the field, her proficiency in both litigation and settlement negotiation is of particular note, further enhancing the firm’s competency in managing multifaceted financial and elder abuse cases. Such expertise is crucial for practitioners dealing with similar contentious matters.
This strategic move comes as BakerHostetler continues to bolster its presence in the competitive legal market with seasoned practitioners geared toward sophisticated legal challenges in the realms of tax and wealth planning.