Member Profile
Jennifer Jordan McCall
Partner | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Office Location: United States
Jurisdiction
United States
Top Specialisms
Estates: Contentious
Estates: Planning
Family Office
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Professional Biography
Jennifer Jordan McCall, co-leader of both the Litigation – Trusts, Estates & High Net Worth and the Private Client & Family Office teams at Pillsbury Law, is a leading legal authority on U.S. and international gift and estate planning. Jenny has successfully represented numerous clients in dispute resolution and litigation matters involving family disputes and trusts and estates matters. She also crafts tax-savings business succession and estate transfer plans that preserve wealth and enhance family relationships. Her clients include internationally renowned museums and corporations, charities, foundations, high net worth families and individuals, fiduciaries and nonprofits. Jenny’s experience includes complex trust and estate administration and litigation; gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes; spousal rights of election and rights of adopted children; endowments; and tax aspects related to disposition of corporate holdings and financial transactions. She is based in the Silicon Valley, New York and Palm Beach offices and is admitted to practice law in CA, FL, WY and NY.
Question : What drew you to specialise in private client law/ wealth advisory?
Answer: My father was also a private client lawyer and I loved seeing how he gave advice to his clients. Like my father I love math, so the tax aspects are very appealing to me as well.
Question : For lawyers entering private client law, what are key skills you think are essential?
Answer: I think they need to be sensitive to their clients’ feelings and preceptive of underlying goals, as there are often delicate issues being discussed. They should also be comfortable with computations, as much of the planning requires facility with math.
Question : With the evolving landscape of the private client world, what are recent trends or shifts you are excited to explore?
Answer: The changing tax law as it becomes more broad in its application at least in the US and also the world of art law.
Question : Where is your favourite place to take a peer for a cocktail or coffee?
Answer: I like having a tea at the Stafford hotel in St. James’