NEW YORK – Pillsbury announced today that it has hired long-time estate planning attorney Joseph Field as Senior Counsel in its New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Field comes to the firm from Withers Bergman.

“We are thrilled to welcome Joe to the firm,” said Jenny Jordan McCall, the leader of Pillsbury’s top-ranked, bi-coastal Estates, Trusts & Tax Planning practice. “He is well-known in the industry and rounds out our already robust practice, helping families and financial institutions with their estate planning needs. As a registered foreign lawyer in the UK and Hong Kong, Joe also helps us to expand our international practice.”

Field noted that he has long known of Pillsbury’s prowess in estate planning and wealth management. “I look forward to working with a firm with such a deep, global practice, and strengths in so many areas that I can tap,” he said.

Joe represents international families from throughout the world on structuring their estate planning as well as financial institutions on a variety of financial services, including the use of life insurance in domestic and international structuring. His international clients include families of substantial wealth in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia involving all aspects of estate planning.

Among numerous honors, Field received the Founders’ award for outstanding achievement from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Additionally, Citywealth named him a Leading Lawyer and included him in the publication’s Top 100 in the Wealth Profession list. Legal Week also ranked him as a Top Private Client Lawyer.

Field is admitted to practice in New York, California and Washington, DC. He is a registered foreign lawyer in the UK and Hong Kong. He earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his law degree at Columbia University.

Pillsbury’s Estates, Trusts & Tax Planning (ETTP) team advises individuals, families, family-owned businesses and charitable foundations in the planning and administration of complex trusts and estates, and in U.S. and international estate, trust and tax planning. Pillsbury’s ETTP lawyers develop cutting-edge, customized transfer tax and estate plans, utilizing trusts, wills, various entity structures, such as partnerships and LLCs, and domestic and cross-border plans, to preserve and enhance our clients’ wealth for current and future generations. Serving clients globally, Pillsbury has a strong bicoastal presence in the U.S., particularly in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, DC, Miami and Palm Beach, Florida.

About Pillsbury

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international law firm with offices around the world, and a particular focus on the technology, energy & natural resources, financial services, real estate & construction, and travel & hospitality sectors. Recognized by legal research firm BTI as one of the top 20 firms for client service, Pillsbury and its lawyers are highly regarded for their forward-thinking approach, their enthusiasm for collaborating across disciplines and their authoritative commercial awareness. For more information, visit www.pillsburylaw.com.