Verrill’s Wide-Ranging Private Wealth Law Practice Recognized in 2025 Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide

PORTLAND, Maine and BOSTON, Mass. – Verrill attorneys Anya F. Endsley, Kurt E. Klebe, Mary McQuillen, Nathaniel S. Putnam, Jacqueline W. Rider, and Mary H. Schmidt have been recognized in the Chambers High Net Worth 2025 Guide, Chambers and Partners’ ninth edition of the publication specifically aimed at the international private wealth market. The firm was ranked in “band 1” in Maine, the highest ranking a firm can receive from Chambers and Partners, for its wide-ranging Private Wealth Law practice, while Mary Schmidt was ranked as a leading individual in Family/Matrimonial law in Massachusetts.

Chambers delivers insight and analysis on the global legal profession. For its High Net Worth Guide, more than 200 Chambers research analysts conduct extensive reviews, producing nearly 6,000 ranking tables and gathering hundreds of thousands of client and peer responses.

The High Net Worth Guide serves as a leading resource for identifying the world’s top advisers in the private wealth sector—including leading lawyers, bankers, accountants, investment managers, and other professionals who cater to high-net-worth individuals globally. As part of the research process, Chambers conducts in-depth interviews with professionals across the sector to evaluate their reputation, expertise, and quality of service.

Verrill’s Private Clients & Fiduciary Services Group works closely with individuals and families to understand the clients’ priorities and goals for the legacies they wish to provide. As part of their service to clients, members of the group will also serve as trustees of trusts and as personal representatives of estates.

Anya F. Endsley, Partner, Vice Chair of Verrill’s Private Clients & Fiduciary Services Group. She focuses her practice in all aspects of estate planning, probate administration and trust administration, and counsels clients on tax planning, sophisticated wealth transfer strategies and charitable giving. She is also skilled at planning for shared family real estate and business succession planning. Endsley has been recognized in Best Lawyers of America: Ones to Watch©.

Kurt E. Klebe, Partner, focuses his practice in all aspects of estate planning, probate administration and trust administration, as well as tax planning and charitable gift planning for individuals and nonprofit entities. He has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in America© as Lawyer of the Year in the practice of Trusts and Estates and has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Mary McQuillen, Counsel, has practiced trusts and estates law since 1987, both in Maine and New York. Her practice includes representation of private foundations and other tax-exempt organizations, as well as estate planning, trust and estate administration and representation of fiduciaries. She has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in America© in the practice of Trusts and Estates.

Nathaniel S. Putnam, Partner, focuses his practice on the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and planning for individuals and families with complex assets and/or unique planning objectives. Putnam regularly assists clients develop and implement estate plans that address each family’s specific circumstances and objectives while providing for efficient administration and reducing or eliminating taxes. Putnam also advises individuals and nonprofit organizations on all aspects of charitable planning.

Jacqueline W. Rider, Partner, Chair of Verrill’s Private Clients & Fiduciary Services Group, and Co-Chair of the Probate Litigation Group, focuses her practice on all aspects of probate litigation, estate planning, probate administration, and trust administration. Rider has 32 years of experience successfully litigating a variety of civil matters in federal, state, and probate courts. She has also been recognized in Best Lawyers of America© in the practices of Trust and Estates and Litigation: Trust and Estates, and in 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023 was named as the Portland, Maine Litigation-Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year.

Mary H. Schmidt, Counsel, has a wealth of experience in trusts and estates, domestic relations and probate litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Her sophisticated practice focuses on guiding clients through complex gift, estate and income tax planning, trust and estate planning, prenuptial and post nuptial agreement preparation, negotiation and litigation, and estate administration. She has also been recognized by Boston Magazine as a Super Lawyer and by The Best Lawyers in America© under Elder Law, Family Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates.