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January 29, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO — Jan. 15, 2025
Key takeaways
- Denise E. Chambliss has joined BakerHostetler’s San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s Tax Practice Group and a member of the Private Wealth Planning team.
- Chambliss has more than 25 years of litigation experience and joins from a multiservice law firm, where she was the founding chair of its Trust and Estate Litigation Practice Group.
- Chambliss focuses her practice on trustee defense, trust litigation, enforcement of beneficiary rights and financial elder abuse litigation.
Why this matters
The hiring of Chambliss strengthens BakerHostetler’s tax and private wealth capabilities on the West Coast and aligns with the firm’s strategic plan of expanding its Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and Seattle offices, which have added more than 125 attorneys in the past five years.
Key quote
“With 15 years of trust and estate fiduciary litigation experience, Denise is a perfect fit as we continue to represent individual and corporate fiduciaries in some of the largest and most complicated trust and estate disputes in the U.S.,” said Jeff Paravano, chair of BakerHostetler’s Tax Practice Group. “Denise has become a go-to attorney for trust and estate disputes and fiduciary litigation; her first-chair experience in numerous trials and binding arbitrations will strengthen our team and be incredibly valuable to our clients.”
About Chambliss’ practice
Chambliss represents individual and corporate trustees, as well as executors, beneficiaries, petitioners and respondents, in trust and estate contested matters, including undue influence trust and will contests, defense of breach of fiduciary duty claims, adjudication of accounting objections, financial elder abuse and mediation with negotiated settlements. She also is entrusted by clients to assist with the intricate post-death administration of trusts and estates, accusations of trust mismanagement and creditor claims.
As a thought leader in fiduciary litigation, she has authored numerous articles and papers for industry publications and participated in a host of speaking engagements regarding trusts and estates.
Chambliss received her J.D. from the South Texas College of Law Houston.
Key quote
“Denise has been one of California’s most highly accomplished trust and estate litigators for more than a decade, and we’re thrilled to have her join our office and bolster our Tax Practice Group nationwide,” said Robb Adkins, partner-in-charge of BakerHostetler’s San Francisco office. “An authority on representing fiduciaries as a first-chair trial attorney, she is a key part of the talented team that we have built in San Francisco and on the West Coast.”
With more than 70 tax attorneys serving companies in every major industry, BakerHostetler’s Tax Practice Group is one of the legal profession’s strongest. Members of the Tax Practice Group have served in senior positions at the Department of the Treasury, the IRS, the Department of Justice and the Joint Committee on Taxation, as well as on Capitol Hill and with state taxing authorities, developing experience and insights to help clients resolve significant tax disputes, navigate complex tax planning issues and minimize global tax costs. BakerHostetler’s tax attorneys are focused on driving client innovation and growth, and the group is regularly named one of the nation’s leading law firms by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and BTI Consulting Group. For more information, visit bakerlaw.com/services/tax. Connect with us on LinkedIn at @BakerHostetler, @JeffParavano, @RobbAdkins or @DeniseChambliss or on the social platform X at @BakerHostetler.
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