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Chambers & Partners’ 2023 High Net Worth Guide ranks Larry Campagna & Brett Berly
Larry Campagna and Brett Berly were ranked again in the 2023 High Net Worth Guide by Chambers & Partners. Campagna, managing shareholder of Chamberlain Hrdlicka, was ranked in Band 1 in the USA – Nationwide Tax: Private Client category, while Brett Berly, shareholder in the firm’s Trusts & Estates practice in Houston, was ranked in Band 2 in Private Wealth Law in Texas. Chambers High Net Worth differentiates the best professional advisers for international private wealth by identifying and ranking law firms, lawyers and a range of other professional advisers globally.
According to Chambers & Partners, individuals ranked in Chambers High Net Worth understand the complex needs of HNW individuals and provide specialist advice. As well as ranking lawyers and law firms, the guide also recommends top accountancy firms, private banks, wealth managers, trust companies and other professional advisers to high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals globally. Family offices and professional advisers to wealthy individuals use these rankings and analysis to get an objective view of the leading professional advisers on an international scale. These extensive and market-leading recommendations, rankings and insights are based on the in-depth analysis carried out by our dedicated team of experienced researchers.
Brett Berly focuses his practice on the representation of high net-worth individuals and fiduciaries of trusts and estates with respect to estate planning, probate, estate and trust administration, closely-held business succession planning as well as probate and fiduciary litigation matters. He’s been named to Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers and Top Lawyer by Houstonia Magazine. Sources interviewed for the guide noted that Berly has deep technical expertise and provides great client service; is one of the top estate planning attorneys in Houston; and is a highly skilled and sophisticated lawyer with strong technical expertise and practical advice.
Larry Campagna has an established reputation as an authoritative litigator in matters of business litigation and white-collar criminal defense, as well as federal, state and local tax controversies. Throughout his career, he has resolved thousands of civil and criminal litigation matters, many of which involved sophisticated and complex legal issues that established precedent in courts at all levels. He’s been repeatedly ranked in the top band nationwide in Tax Fraud and Tax Litigation in Texas and recently received the prestigious Jules Ritholz Memorial Merit Award from The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Tax Section Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee. Sources interviewed by Chambers said that Campagna has a tremendous level of experience; [is] one of the best practitioners in the country; is incredibly experienced and very understanding of how to deal with the IRS and government.