Private Client Services

Our Private Client Services team helps successful individuals, families, and family offices simplify financial complexity, preserve their wealth, and create lasting legacies through coordinated tax, advisory, investment, and family office solutions. Whether you are working to establish first-time, generational wealth or protect existing assets, we provide personalized strategies that can help ensure you meet your financial goals.

Our Private Client Services team helps successful individuals, families, and family offices simplify financial complexity, preserve their wealth, and create lasting legacies through coordinated tax, advisory, investment, and family office solutions. Whether you are working to establish first-time, generational wealth or protect existing assets, we provide personalized strategies that can help ensure you meet your financial goals.

What Makes Our Private Client Services Different?

One Integrated
Team

Your advisors collaborate across tax, wealth, accounting, risk, and transaction services to provide you with a unified strategy.

Experience With Every Stage of Wealth

From first-generation wealth creators to established family offices, we help our clients navigate growth, preservation, and succession.

Personal Attention, Extensive Resources

Receive the responsiveness and attention of a trusted local advisor backed by the resources and technical depth of a leading advisory firm.

Private Client Services For Every Stage

Your wealth touches every aspect of your life, from taxes and investments to estate planning, philanthropy, business ownership, and family governance. Our Private Client Services team serves as your central advisor, coordinating specialists across Whitley Penn and WPWealth to deliver an integrated strategy.
Business Accounting & Advisory

Our Client Accounting & Advisory Services (CAAS) include a full spectrum of business transformation solutions across the entire finance and accounting continuum, including outsourced accounting and controllership, accounts payable, ad valorem tax, and more.

Optimizing Business Operations

A strong business can be the backbone of your wealth and legacy. Whitley Penn’s Digital Services team can assist with evaluating your company's operations and developing strategic roadmaps to optimize costs, manage change, and align with organizational goals.

Mergers, Aquisitions, or Sales

Whitley Penn’s Deal Advisory team is equipped to guide you through the intricacies of undergoing a transaction.

Management of Minerals & Royalties

Our experienced mineral management team can help you maximize the value of your mineral assets and royalties.

Investment & Financial Planning

WPWealth can work with you to create customized investment solutions and financial planning to grow and preserve your wealth.

Safeguarding Your Assets

Our Risk Management team can help you safegaurd your assets through insurance and risk mitigation strategies.

Proactive Tax Planning

Our Tax team can implement strategies to optimize your tax position, help ensure regulatory compliance, and achieve your goals.

Legacy Planning

We know your legacy is important to you. To ensure your goals are met, we offer guidance on estate planning, trust formation, and succession strategies.

Philanthropy & Charity

Our team works with you to create custom plans for structuring charitable contributions that maximize both yout community impact and tax benefits.

Family Office Services

Our team works closely with family offices to deliver personalized guidance across essential areas. Whether your focus is on preserving wealth, planning for succession, or strengthening your business foundation, we provide thoughtful, adaptable support aligned with your long-term objectives. Every solution is designed to help you make informed decisions that protect what matters most.

Who We Serve

We can meet you where you are and provide personalized strategies that fit your situation. Our professionals have extensive experience serving a diverse range of clients, including:
  • Individuals
  • Families
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Retirees
  • Philanthropists
  • Athletes
  • Those with long-term wealth
  • Those building wealth

Who We Serve

We can meet you where you are and provide personalized strategies that fit your situation. Our professionals have extensive experience serving a diverse range of clients, including:
  • Individuals
  • Families
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Retirees
  • Philanthropists
  • Athletes
  • Those with long-term wealth
  • Those building wealth

Hear From Our Clients

''Personal, friendly, intelligent, knowledgeable, hardworking and helpful. They greet me on the phone by name, they answer my questions, treat me like a friend, do the work of a professional, and remind me of dates.''
''A great firm able to advise in all aspects of business and personal finance/accounting...They have tremendous resources that cover all my needs.''
''Lots of investigation to assist us with our taxes, called the IRS and got our refund check sent. The list is endless!''
''Our advisor has been a great listener and problem solver for us.''

Meet the Private Client Services Team

Kristen Sayegh

Tax Partner

Bryan McClune

WPWealth Partner

Ashley Kimery

CAAS Partner

Eric Goff

Tax Partner

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Frequently asked questions

See below for answers to common questions.

Do I need to have a minimum amount of assets?

We work with individuals and families at various stages of wealth accumulation and preservation. Connect with us to discuss your needs.

I have complex tax issues. Can Whitley Penn handle them?

Yes. We regularly prepare returns involving investments, trusts, rental properties, stock compensation, business interests, and multi-state and international reporting requirements.

Is my information secure?

Protecting your financial information is a top priority. We utilize secure systems and processes to safeguard client data.

I already have a wealth advisor. Can you coordinate with them?

Yes. We can work with your exisiting advisors to best serve you.

How do Private Client Services differ from standard tax preparation?

Beyond preparing tax returns, we provide year-round strategic planning, wealth preservation strategies, estate planning coordination, and proactive tax advice tailored to your unique circumstances.

How often will I meet with an advisor?

Meeting frequency depends on your needs. Your advisor with work with you to determine a schedule that works best for you.

What information should I bring to an introductory meeting?

Typically, we recommend bringing recent tax returns, investment statements, business information (if applicable), estate planning documents, and any specific questions or concerns.

Can you work with remote clients?

Yes. We are able to meet our clients wherever works best for them, whether that is in office, virtually online, or at a private residence. 

Your Wealth Journey, Simplified

Whether you're navigating a liquidity event, planning your family's legacy, coordinating a family office, or seeking greater confidence in your financial future, our Private Client Services team can help.

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