Hahn Loeser & Parks was one of just nine law firms in Ohio ranked by Chambers High Net Worth for Private Wealth Law in the annual guide’s 2025 edition, while Stephen J. Knerly Jr. and Christina D. Evans earned individual recognition. Chambers HNWidentifies the world’s leading high net worth firms and advisors in the private wealth market.
Chambers HNW awarded national recognition to Knerly for Art and Cultural Property Law for the fifth consecutive year. Knerly serves as Co-Chair of the Firm’s Non-Profit Institutions section and focuses on matters involving art transactions and nonprofit corporate law. He has represented museums, foundations, trusts and collectors in the acquisition, disposition, lending and borrowing of, estate planning for, works of art.
Evans was ranked by Chambers HNW for the eighth straight year for Private Wealth Law in Ohio. She serves as National Co-Chair of Hahn Loeser’s Estate Planning, Wealth Transfer & Preservation Section. Evans is an OSBA Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She handles all aspects of estate planning and estate and trust administration.
Recognized work by Chambers in Private Wealth Law includes charitable planning; wealth transfer; business succession planning; estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning; life and health insurance planning; creation and administration of trusts and estates; asset transfer; the taking-public of closely-held businesses; and structuring outward and inward investment.
The Chambers High Net Worth team researches more than 55 countries around the world year round, including every major private wealth market across six continents. Chambers HNW has rankings and editorial for every US state and region-by-region coverage of the United Kingdom. Research is conducted by 200 analysts in 24 languages, across 200 jurisdictions, annually collecting hundreds of thousands of responses from clients. Rankings are the result of in-depth research and interviews with hundreds of lawyers, family offices, accountancy professionals, tax advisors, bankers, investment managers, and high-end real estate agents for a comprehensive understanding of the private wealth sector in key jurisdictions.
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