Lamar-Hart ’88: Top Marks in Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide

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Cynthia Lamar-Hart ’88 has earned the distinguished Band 1 Leading Individuals accolade in the area of Private Wealth Law by Chambers and Partners in its inaugural High Net Worth (HNW) Guide. 

Cynthia Lamar-Hart serves as Chair of Maynard Cooper’s Estate, Trust and Business Planning, Fiduciary Advisory and Fiduciary Litigation practices. She provides comprehensive representation for her corporate and individual fiduciary clients, including serving as legal counsel, strategic advisor and litigator. Clients include several leading retail and investment banks, as well as wealth management firms, educational institutions and non-profits. Her estate planning practice focuses primarily on assisting clients with the thoughtful management of their wealth and appropriate planning for family members. The Guide notes that she is “a fantastic lawyer with the client skills to deal with any type of issue which arises," and sources praise her as "hugely knowledgeable" and "very caring and personable."

Chambers and Partners conducted thorough research and client and peer interviews to determine the leading individuals and law firms in the Private Wealth Law field which encompasses charitable planning; wealth transfer; business succession planning; estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning; creation and administration of trusts and estates; asset transfer; taking-public of closely held businesses; structuring outward and inward investment; and contentious matters involving disputes over trusts, probate matters and contested wills.