Robin Burton, Eric Hothem, Michael Smith, Timothy Cooney, Andrew Leleck and Michael Marshall report to Sam Gottesman, head of HNW advisory for Washington, DC.

Burton, managing director and private banker, joins from Citi Private Bank, where she served as a managing director and private banker since 1995. In that role, she focused on serving law firms and senior attorneys. 

Hothem, executive director and private banker, also joins from Citi Private Bank, where he too served law firms and senior attorneys.  

Smith, executive director and private banker, was previously director and head of the Scotland region for Société Générale Private Bank, before which he worked at Kleinwort Benson Private Bank and Merrill Lynch.

Cooney, vice president and private banker, joins JP Morgan after working in investment management at Loomis Sayles and Bessemer Trust. Before this, he spent three years as associate counsel in The White House, working on banking-related policy issues.

Leleck, vice president and private banker, latterly worked within Goldman Sachs’ private wealth management business, advising individual and institutional clients on investment strategies, trust and estate planning and generational wealth transfer.

Lastly, Marshall, vice president and private banker, joins JP Morgan after serving as advisor to Senator Bob Dole at the firm of Alston & Bird. There, he advised on matters including economic policy for Senator Dole and other corporate clients.  

“Over the past several years, the DC area has seen a steady increase in the number of wealthy households and is now the fastest growing metropolitan area for HNW families in the US,” Gottesman said.