Venable Grows Chicago Wealth Planning Practice With David Berek

Oct. 1, 2025, 3:46 PM UTC

David Berek joined Venable as a partner in its private wealth planning practice in Chicago, the firm announced Wednesday.

Berek advises wealthy families, closely held and family-owned businesses, corporate executives, and privately owned family offices on advanced wealth planning and sophisticated transfer-tax strategies, including cross-border and international estate planning. He is a co-author of the LexisNexis treatise “Illinois Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration Forms with Practical Commentary” and the author of CCH’s “Federal Income Taxation of Decedents, Estates and Trusts,” the firm said.

He joins from Mayer Brown, according to his LinkedIn profile.

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