Jennifer Jordan McCall

Jennifer Jordan McCall, a Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, was named Wealth Management Lawyer of the Year in California, US at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. Based in Silicon Valley, she chairs the firm's Estates, Trusts & Tax Planning practice and co-leads its Private Wealth practice, and is recognised as a leading authority on domestic and international gift and estate planning.

McCall advises a distinguished client base that includes internationally renowned museums and corporations, charities and foundations, high-net-worth families and individuals, fiduciaries and non-profit organisations. Her work encompasses complex trust and estate administration and litigation, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, spousal rights of election and the rights of adopted children, endowments, and the tax aspects of disposing of corporate holdings and structuring financial transactions. This breadth allows her to guide clients through both the planning and the administration phases of sophisticated wealth transfer.

In addition to chairing the Estates, Trusts & Tax Planning practice and co-leading the firm's Private Wealth practice, McCall is a co-leader of the firm's high-net-worth litigation team, reflecting her ability to act not only as a planner but also as an advocate when trust and estate matters are contested. Combining transactional planning with contentious experience is a valuable attribute in private wealth work, where the structures put in place during a client's lifetime are sometimes tested after death or amid family disputes.

Wealth management law of this kind requires a command of tax, trust and estate principles across multiple jurisdictions, together with the discretion and judgement demanded by private client work. Practitioners design plans that provide for succession, minimise tax exposure and reflect a family's philanthropic and personal objectives, while remaining resilient to changes in law and circumstance. McCall's engagement with both US and international planning positions her to advise families and institutions whose interests and assets cross borders.

Her standing is reflected in consistent recognition by the leading directories. She has been ranked by Chambers USA and Chambers High Net Worth as a leading lawyer both nationally and in Northern California over many years, and has been recognised by Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers in California and New York. She is admitted to practise in California, Florida and New York, underlining the multi-state reach of her practice.

The Wealth Management Lawyer of the Year in California, US award recognises Jennifer Jordan McCall's leadership of Pillsbury's private wealth and estates practice and her authority in a demanding and highly personal field. For the families, fiduciaries and institutions she advises, the recognition affirms a reputation built on technical depth, breadth of experience and long-standing acknowledgement among her peers as one of the state's foremost private wealth practitioners.